PI Lab:
The PI has a lab space of ~1,600 ft2 to be facilitated with the following equipment and capabilities of polymer fabrication/nanoparticle processing and property characterizations,
Five 6-ft fume hoods and one portable fume hood;
Nanoparticle processing tools of Vortex shakers (2), sonifiers (1), sonicators (1 bath & 1 tip), homogenizers (3 powers), magnetic stirrers, mechanical stirrers (4 severity levels), and micro-milling machines (2);
Fiber spinning set-ups of wet-spinning, dry-spinning, gel-spinning, spray-spinning, and electrospinning;
Coating techniques of spin coating, spray coating, and Layer-by-Layer (LBL) dip coating with temperature control;
Heat-treatment tools of vacuum drying oven (Thermoscientific, ~500 oC), high-temperature tube furnace (Lindberg, ~2000 oC), and Muffle Furnace (Thermoscientific, ~1200 oC).
Characterization methods of Rheometers (TA ARES G2, Instron), DMA (ARES G2, HR2), DSC, TGA, Thermal Conductivity Meter and Diffusivity Meter, etc.
Innovation Hub:
We collaborate closely with many universities, including our previous colleagues at ASU. Our 10,000-square feet additive manufacturing facility houses more than 20 state-of-the-art 3D printing systems capable of polymers, metals, and composites 3D printing in 5 different process principles. The research cluster also houses a range of materials processing and analytical tools.
Open Source Desktop FDM printers: 10
Stratasys FDM system uPrint: 2
Hyrel 30M System: 1
Polyjet 3D printer: 2 Objet 30 and 1 Connex 350
Stratasys FDM Fortus 450: 1
EOS Polymer SLS: 1
Concept Laser Metal SLM: MLab
Concept Laser Metal SLM: M2
Stereolithography SLA: 2
Ultrasonic Filament Modeling: 1
Polymer/Composite extruder: 1
Dynamism Ultimaker 3: 1
Photocentric Liquid Crystal HR (Next Gen): 1
MARKFORGED MARK2: 1, capable of printing composites including carbon fiber, glass fiber and Kevlar in nylon matrix [https://markforged.com]
Facilities are strongly encouraged to share (http://sharedresources.asu.edu/) including, but not limited to, those mentioned above.
Also, we will work with local industries in Arizona (https://poly.engineering.asu.edu/innovation-hub/) and Georgia (https://research.uga.edu/gateway/innovation-hub/) for technology transfer from academia to industry.
Facility-shared centers @UGA and collaborator resources @ASU :
@UGA
@ASU
Additive Manufacturing Center (https://additive-manufacturing.engineering.asu.edu/): 3D printers
Adaptive Intelligent Materials & Systems Center (AIMS) (https://aims.asu.edu/): i.e., fatigue, TMA, DMA
Biodesign Institute, Biosurface Chemistry Facility (https://biodesign.asu.edu/biosurface-chemistry-facility): i.e., FTIR, UV-Vis, AFM, STM
LeRoy Eyring Center For Solid State Science (https://le-csss.asu.edu/) including
John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy: i.e., TEM, SEM, FIB
Ion Beam Analysis of Materials (IBeAM) Facility: i.e., Ion Beam Analysis of Materials (IBeAM)
Goldwater Materials Science Facility: i.e., FT-IR, FT-Raman, UV-Vis, XPS, XRD, Profilometer, SP/AFM, TGA/DTA/DSC, thin-film deposition, photolithography, E-beam lithography
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building: UV-Vis spectrometer, micro-ellipsometry, AFM, SEM, magnetic property measurement system (MPMS), physical property measurement system (PPMS)
4DMS Lab & Chawla Research Group (http://chawla.engineering.asu.edu/wordpress/ & https://4dms.engineering.asu.edu/): i.e., tensile tester, hardness tester, nanoindenter, FIB-SEM