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Jan 1, 2017 - Group equipment list
We have a wide array of equipment capability for characterisation, study, and experimentation with complex fluid products and materials.
Rheometers
- TA Instruments AR-1500 stress-controlled rheometer
- TA Instruments DHR-1 Discovery Hybrid stress-controlled rheometer
- Haake VT550 Rotational viscometer
- Apiary Works MK1 Extensional rheometer
- Apiary Works MK2 Automated DDOS rheometer
Microscopes
- Leica DM2500M fluorescent, DIC reflected and transmitted, and polarized
- Leica DMLB phase contrast, darkfield, polarised
- Leica Wild M3C stereoscope
- Leica S6D trinocular macro inspection scope
- Leica S6E binocular macro inspection scope
- Leica EL600 mercury light source for fluorescence imaging
- Olympus reflected and transmitted
- Olympus metallurgical stereo
- Olympus metallurgical mono
- Nikon Labophot
- Nikon Optiphot with reflected and transmitted DIC, polarised light
- Motic AE31 inverted scope (3)
Microscope stages
- Mettler FP82 heating/cooling stage.
- Linkam PE120 controlled temperature Peltier stage -25 to 120 C
Cameras
- Phantom VE410 high speed camera up to 15,000 fps
- Chronos HD 1.4 high speed camera up to 38,000 fps
- Basler camera aca 1920-150um 150 fps at 2.3 MP
- Basler camera aca 2500-60um 60 fps at 5 MP
- Sony RX100V 1000 fps consumer grade camera
- Casio ??? 1000 fps consumer grade camera
- Moticam 10 MP and 10 MP+ (multiple)
- Qimaging Qcam + HP desktop
- Canon Rebel DSLR + Laptop
- Canon EOS 600D DSLR + Laptop
- Canon Powershot + laptop
Surface measurement
- Ocean Optics Nanocalc-NIR thin film measurement
- KSV Cam 200 Contact angle and drop shape analyzer
Micromanipulation
- Sutter P-97 microcapillary puller
- Narishige micromanipulators
- U-3C Narishige Three-Axis Compact Coarse Mechanical Micromanipulators
- Sensapex automated micromanipulators
Custom gear and applications
- Bubble microrheometer
- High-speed drop and spray study
- Long-term stability modeling via machine learning
Here is a sampling of the tools we use:
TA Instruments 1500EX
TA Instruments Discovery Hybrid
TA Instruments Q800 DMA
Leica DM2500M fluorescent, DIC reflected and transmitted, and polarized
Leica Wild M3C stereoscope
Nikon Optiphot with reflected and transmitted DIC, polarised light
Motic AE31 inverted scope
Ocean Optics Nanocalc-NIR thin film measurement
KSV Cam 200 Contact angle and drop shape analyzer
Narishige micromanipulators
Sutter P-97 microcapillary puller
Long-term stability modeling
High-speed drop and spray study
Ultrasonic horn