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Polymer Characterization Facility

Polymer Synthesis / Characterization

Facility Director

hawker [at] mrl [dot] ucsb [dot] edu (Professor Craig Hawker)

Technical Director

Dr. Rachel Behrens, rachel [at] mrl [dot] ucsb [dot] edu

Training

Users of the MRL Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory are required to go through two levels of training before they are authorized to perform data collection independently. The training consists of

  1. General lab safety training, provided by the UCSB Environmental Health & Safety Department (EH&S).
  2. Instrument training, conducted by the manager Rachel (rachel [at] mrl [dot] ucsb [dot] edu) or an authorized user delegated by the laboratory manager.

Scheduling for Instruments

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Instrumentation: 
  1. DLS
  2. DSC
  3. Gas Chromatograph
  4. GPC - DMF
  5. GPC - chloroform
  6. GPC - MALS
  7. GPC - Prep
  8. Microwave Reactor (Biotage)
  9. Microwave Reactor (CEM)
  10. Nano ITC
  11. Rheometer with oven
  12. Rheometer with water bath
  13. Viscolite 700HP Bench Viscometer
Facility URL: 
http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/polymer-characterization-facility
MRFN Facility URL: 
https://mrfn.org/facilities/materials-research-laboratory-nsf-mrsec/polymer-char…