Facilities

Biss MC-02-0050 Low force Bi-axial Test System

Custom built instrument to stretch cells on elastomeric substrates, both uniaxially and biaxially. The instrument contains bioreactor with four actuators which are displacement controlled.

Custom Biaxial Soft Material Testing System

This custom-built testing system is designed for mechanical characterization of soft and compliant materials under uniaxial and biaxial tensile loading. The system is equipped with Exlar actuators, interchangeable load cells, and a temperature-controlled water bath, enabling mechanical testing under controlled loading and environmental conditions.

The instrument can operate in both displacement-control and load-control modes and supports a variety of loading protocols, including ramp, cyclic, and other user-defined loading conditions. The available load cells are 5 lbf and 25 lbf, allowing the system to accommodate specimens with different force ranges.

Dynamic Microtensile Analysis Instrument

Bose Electroforce 3200 is used to test the viscoelastic properties of polymers and tissues. Highly sensitive transducers allow for measurement of forces in the milli-Newton range and displacements in the micron range.

Instron 1 kN Low-Force Mechanical Testing System

The laboratory is equipped with an Instron 1 kN Low-Force Mechanical Testing System designed for mechanical characterization of a wide range of materials under tension, compression, bending, flexure, and shear loading. The system uses a 1 kN servo-electric actuator and is equipped with interchangeable 1 kN and 0.2 kN load cells, enabling testing over different force ranges.

The system supports multiple test configurations, including tensile testing with screw-action grips, compression testing, and 3- and 4-point bending tests. A 60 mm diameter compression platen, 1 kN mechanical wedge grips, and dedicated fixtures are available for different specimen geometries and loading modes.

Testing and data acquisition are controlled through the integrated Instron software and digital servo controller, with control based on parameters such as stroke, load, and strain. The system can be operated in displacement/stroke, load, and strain control modes, with programmable test methods and automated data reporting.

Live Cell Microscope

The DMI 6000 inverted fluorescence microscope, fully motorized with AFC, enables real-time observation and recording of cells in fluorescence and bright field modes. Its motorization and AFC facilitate multipoint, time-lapse imaging, significantly reducing data collection time.

Olympus Stereozoom Microscope and Pressure Inflation Unit

The device can simultaneously be used to stretch cylindrical tubes of specimens, such as arteries, and cycle/ maintain pressure in the tube through a comparator circuit.

Martin Christ Alpha 1-2 LD Lyophilizer

The instrument routinely used for drying of biological and polymer materials.

Centrifuge

The centifuge is used to seperate out particles based on density using sedimentation principle.

Spin Coater

It is used to coat films of different thickness on substrates by controlling time and speed of rotation.

Plasma Cleaner

The instrument consists of UV lamp and vaccum chamber, it is used to activate surfaces

New Brunswick Incubator

This is a small incubator used to maintain cells, it maintains optimum humidity, CO2 level and temperature.

Panasonic Incubator

The incubator is used to maintain cells, it maintains optimum humidity, CO2 level and temperature.

Laminar Airflow Hood

The device is used to conduct cell culture experiments under clean conditions, it is equipped with blower and UV tube. It houses falcons,eppendorfs and pipette.

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