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Coating Flows and Visualization
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- Provides numerous instruments and services to the entire University community (see more: Coating Process and Visualization Lab)
- Liquid coating application (spin, dip, slot, slide, curtain, gravure, …) designed for visualization
- Visualization equipment (high speed digital video, long focal length microscopes, …)
- Liquid properties (low shear and extensional viscosity, surface tension)
- Complimentary rheological characterization available in Polymer Characterization Facility
- Contact Wieslaw J. Suszynski for information about this laboratory (see the Contact Page)
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Precision glass coating roll and slot coating die (Suszynski)
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Drying and Curing |
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- Multipurpose drying and curing ovens
- Instrumented drying apparatus for weight loss measurement at controlled temperature and RH
- UV curing lamps
- E-beam curing apparatus with pulsed e-beam capability
- Apparatus for monitoring stress development during drying and curing (with visualization)
- Characterization of extent of curing and drying with FTIR and Raman at IT Characterization Facility
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Stress measurement apparatus (Vaessen, PhD Thesis, 2002)
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Coating Microstructure |
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- Optical microscope with CCD camera
- Extensive facilities at the IT Characterization Facility including FESEM, TEM, AFM, profilometry, FTIR, Raman, X-ray diffraction
- Expertise with specimen preparation and room temperature SEM and AFM of coatings
- Controlled Environment Vitrification System (CEVS) for specimen preparation for cryogenic SEM
- Expertise with cryoSEM of dispersions and coatings at different stages of drying
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CryoSEM image of latex dispersion.
Bar = 300 nm (Luo, PhD Thesis, 2007)
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Coating Properties |
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- Mechanical properties probed using DMA and nanoindentation in the IT Characterization Facility
- Taber abraser for wear characterization
- 4-point probe for electrical conductivity
- Transparency by UV-Vis spectroscopy in the IT Characterization Facility
- Probe station and impedance analyzer for dielectric properties
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Electrical conductivity of latex/antimony tin oxide coating (Sun, PhD Thesis, 2004)
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