The Polymer Characterization Lab (PCL) is one of the premier academic laboratories in the world for researching  novel properties of newly designed polymeric materials.  The characterization equipment provides information on polymer properties from the molecular scale to macroscopic as well as structural and flow properties.  The PCL provides University of Tennessee students with world class instrumentation that is an invaluable resource in the completion of their cutting-edge research problems.  Moreover,the PCL serves academic researchers throughout the southeast, national labs and industrial scientists nationwide.

Instruments

• Malvern High Temp GPC
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer
• Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• Aqueous GPC System
• Tosoh EcoSEC GPC System
• TA Instruments Q-50 TGA
• TA Instruments Q-800 DMA
• Multimode Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM)
• Brice-Phoenix Differential Regractometer-Model BP-2000-V
• Schott Instruments ViscoSystems AVS 370 Dilute Solution Viscometer
• TA Instruments Q-2000 DSC
• TA Discovery TGA-MS
• ALV Light Scattering System
• DMF GPC
• Thermo Scientific FT-IR Spectrometer
• Thermo Scientific Evolution 300 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
• Other Accessories

Rates

The fees in Rate Table 1 apply to the following instruments and services:

• Polymer Characterization Instrumentation
• Gel Permeation Chromatography
• – Triple Detector in THF at 40C
• – Triple Detector in TCB at 160C
• – RI Detector in THF at 40C
• – RI Detector in H2O at RT
• Multi-Angle Light Scattering
• Differential Refractometry
• Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
• Thermal Gravimetric Analysis/Mass Spectroscopy
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
• Dilute Solution Viscometry
• FT-IR Spectroscopy
• UV-Vis Spectroscopy
• NMR
• SAXS and WAXS

Rate Table 1	Internal Academics	External Academics	External Market
Fee per hour	24.00 unassisted | 48.00 assisted	40.00 unassisted | 80.00 assisted	120.00 unassisted | 240.00 assisted

Sample Preparation is billed at the following rates:

Per Hour	Internal Academics	External Academics	External Market
Assisted	48.00	80.00	240.00

Supplies used in sample preparation and analysis are supplied by the facility and charged to the individual. Any consumables are billed at cost.

Personnel