SNAIL Facilities
Our lab aspires to be a comprehensive workhorse in polymers, nanomaterials, and advanced composites fabrication and characterization. Some of our current facilities include:
SurPass 3 Solid Surface Zeta Potential for Films
Dual-View Optima 8000 ICP-OES
iN10 FTIR Microscope with RT and MCT-A detector
VWR UV-1600PC UV-Vis spectrophotometer
VWR pHenomenal pH/mV/°C Meter, Bench, pH 1100L pH meter
VWR pHenomenal TDS/Conductivity meter
VWR Mega Star 600 Benchtop Centrifuge
Agilent 1260 Infinity ll GPC System w/ Wyatt DAWN WD3 MALS Detector & ViscoStar Differential Viscometer (in action early 2025)
1800 W 2-in-1 Ultrasonic Probe homogenizer and cell disruptor (Mixer-Integrated Type)
Direct Q-3 MilliQ Filtration System
Twin-Screw Extruder with co-rotating screws
(in action late 2025)
Hot-Press Compression Molding
(in action late 2025)
ARES 2 Rheometer (in action late 2025)
Tungsten Filament based FEI ESEM
Mettler Toledo DSC 822 with Autosamplers
Metler Toledo TGA 851 with autosamplers
Automatic Film Applicator for Wet Film casting
Electrospinning Apparatus
40KHz (120 W) Bath sonicator with 3L capacity
Freeze Dryer
Thermo Nicolet Diamond-ATR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR)
CliniCool Lab Fridge
Convection Oven
Lab Continuous Radiation Microwave Chemical Reactor
Other equipments:
Vacuum sealer
In-house cross-flow filtration Testing Skid with CF047 Cicular Cell Assembly
In-house photocatalysis setup
2 Fumehoods and 5 stirrers for polymer and nanoparticle synthesis