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Liquid phase polymerization
Modified transparent thermoplastics
Polymer blends and composites
Living radical controlled polymerization
Nanocomposites
Combinatorial Chemistry
Polymerization and functionalization by reactive extrusion
List of equipments or tests that belong to the CID's infrastructure
High-throughput research
• Parallel polymerization reactors (PPR) • GPC Rapid • Automatic Balance
Synthesis Laboratory
• Low and medium pressure reactors • Continuous Polimerization pilot plant
Spectroscopy
• Near Infrared • Nicolet Antaris
Physical-Chemical Analysis
• DSC • Modulated DSC • TGA • GPC • HPLC • Particle size determination
Rheology
• Shear stress Rheometer (Cone-Plate, Plate-Plate, Concentric Cylinders, Enviromental Test Chamber) • Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) • Mooney and Brookfield viscosity
Microscopy
• Optical Microscopy • Optical Microscopy acoppled to fluorescence • Ultramicrotome
Mechanical characterization
• Impact tests (Dynatup, Izod and Gardner) • Dynamometer (tension and flexion tests) • HDT • Melt Index • Adhesive tests (shear, peel and tack)
Material processing
• Inyector • Extrusors • Plastometers
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