Labs & Instrumentation
Our 120,000 square-foot facility includes laboratories for chemistry, physics, and materials science.
Materials Design
- Wet chemistry labs for small-molecule organic and polymer synthesis
- Formulation development and optimization
- Polymer composite processing
- Particle formation
- Coatings and films
Analysis
- Fully equipped analytical lab for characterization and method development, including:
- Liquid chromatography (HPLC, LC-MS, GPC
- Gas chromatography (GC and headspace-GC)
- Thermochemical analysis (DSC, TGA)
- Chemical composition (CHNS analysis, ICP-AES, sulfur)
- Microscopy lab with SEM, TEM, optical and video microscopy
- Particle size, size distribution and morphology measurement
- Mechanical analysis (tensile strength, DMA)
- Surface science (contact angle, surface area)
Application Validation
Printed Electronics Lab
- Materials and printer capability demonstration (inkjet and aerosol-jet for printed electronic materials)
- Printed prototypes
- Flexible electronic device preparation and evaluation
Coating lab
- Development of coating parameters
- Small-scale test coatings (solution and powder-coating)
- Film thickness and robustness evaluation