Facilities

The IUCS researchers have access to facilities in the Colloid and Interfaces Laboratories at Columbia University, including:

• Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer
• Fluorescence spectrophotometer
• Microcalorimeter
• Surface area analyzer
• Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrophotometer, UV/Visible spectrometer
• Instrumented flotation machines
• Particle size analyzer
• Du Nuoy, Wilhelmy and Spinning Drop Tensiometers
• Electron spin resonance spectrometer (ESR) Brookefield Viscometer
• Brookhaven Photon correlation spectroscopy (PSC) analytical balances
• Cahn balances
• Centrifuges
• Zeta meters
• Cesium 137 gamma irradiator
• Light scattering
• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
• Mass spectrometry
• Transmission and scanning electron microscopy
• X-ray diffraction
• Atomic absorption
• Ion chromatography
• Impact hammer and instron testing facility
• Laboratory extruders
• Melt blenders
• Injection molding apparatus
• Optical laser bench
• Optical microscopy apparatus (Transmission and reflection, polarized and interference)