Carter Research Group

General Details: 

• 2000 sq ft of experimental space within the Silvio O. Conte National Center for Polymer Research
• 8 ft fume hoods, each equipped with the necessary equipment to perform polymer synthesis, and characterization.
• All labs are equipped with standard equipment such as glassware, hot plates, stirrers, vacuum pumps, ovens, refrigerators, freezers, roto-evaporators, etc.
• VAC Argon-atmosphere glove box 
• Thin Film Preparation Facilities / Spin-coating stations
• Click here for details on the UMass Nanoimprint Lithography Laboratory 

Specialty Equipment: 

• Signatone Analytical probe station with microscope
• Keithley 2602 Dual Source Meter
• Personal Systems Microwave Synthesizer
• Hewlett-Packard LCR (capacitance) Analyzers (3)
• AST automated contact angle measurning tool
• Thermo FT-IR with Grazing angle attachment (GATR)
• TA Instruments PhotoDSC
• OAI High intensity UV Flood Exposure System 500W/365nm
• Maxtek Custom-built quartz crystal microbalance (5MHz)
• Waters HPLC and SEC Chromotography equipment
• Brinkman Auto-Titration System