Structural Characterization

Point-Focusing Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering System

Tabletop X-Ray Generator with three cameras  

 Small Angle Light Scattering

  Optical Microscope (Zeiss Universal)  

 Digital Instruments Dimension 3000 Atomic Force Microscope

Thermomechanical Characterization

Anton Paar Physica MCR-501  

Rheometrics RSA-3

 Mechanical Testing Unit (Instron 5865)  

Density Characterization

 Density Gradient Column

Polymer Synthesis

 Hydrogenation Reactors

 Schlenk/Vacuum Lines  

Molecular Weight Characterization

 Two Gel Permeation Chromatographs (GPCs)

Other available instruments at Princeton University used routinely by our group:

 Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) 
LEO/Zeiss 910 transmission electron microscope (TEM), with SIS digital camera 
Philips XL30 field emission gun scanning electron microscope (FEG-SEM) 
Digital Instruments Multimode atomic force microscope (AFM) with temperature stage and fluid cell 
Reichert Ultracut and FC-4E cryoultramicrotomes 
Schott-Gerate Automated Dilution Viscometer

Micro/Nano Fabrication Cleanroom

Department of Chemistry 
Nicolet 730 FTIR
Bruker NMR 500 
Varian Inova NMR 400 
Varian Mercury NMR 300