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)