PI Lab: 

The PI has a lab space of ~3,000 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 doctor-blade, 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, HR2), DMA (ARES G2, HR2), DSC (TA DSC2500), TGA (TA TGA5500), Thermal Conductivity Meter, Dilatometer (DIL800), and Diffusivity Meter (DLF1200), 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

      • Georgia Electron Microscopy

      • New Materials Institute

      • UGA Innovation Gateway

      • UGA Regenerative Bioscience Center

      • UGA X-ray Lab

      • UGA Engineering facilities 

      • Other core facilities at 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