EQUIPMENT

-       Instruments for the processing of polymeric materials:

  • Several Electrospinning facilities with humidity and temperature control, coaxial and multiple needles, collectors for the production of non-wovens made of random fibers and highly aligned fibers and bundles
  • 3D-Bioprinter
  • Hot press
  • Miniature mixing-injection molding machine
  • Vacuum oven
  • Spin Coater
  • Temperature-controlled shaking bath

-       Instruments for the thermo-mechanical characterization of materials:

  • Differential scanning calorimeter and Modulated-DSC
  • Thermogravimetric analyzer
  • Dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer
  • Dynamometer
  • Rheometer

-       Instruments for the morphological and structural characterization of materials:

  • Polarized Optical Microscope with hot stage
  • Scanning Electron Microscope with EDS
  • Atomic Force Microscope
  • Wide angle X-ray Diffractometer with heating device

-       Optical tensiometer for surface contact angle, surface energy and surface tension measurements

-       UV-Vis and ATR-IR spectrometers

-       Gel Permeation chromatography