The center’s researchers have access to facilities in the Colloid and Interfaces Laboratories at Columbia University, including:
- Atomic force microscope (AFM)
- Quartz crystal microgravimetry (QCM)
- Surface plasmon resonance spectroscope (SPR),
- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer
- Steady-state and life-time fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Microcalorimeter
- Surface area analyzer
- Scanning electron microscope energy dispersive x ray fluorescence (SEM EDX),
- Inductively coupled plasma (ICP)
spectrophotometer - UV/visible spectrometer
- Instrumented flotation machines
- Particle size analyzer
- Du Nuoy, Wilhelmy and spinning drop tensiometers
- High performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC/GPC)
- Electron spin resonance spectrometer (ESR)
- Brookfield Viscometer
- Brookhaven photon correlation spectroscopy (PSC)
- Analytical balances
- Analytical ultra centrifuge
- Dynamic laser scattering equipment
- Electrochemical equipment
- Zeta meters
The polymer science laboratories used by the Center include:
- Modern facilities for polymer synthesis
- Cesium 137 gamma irradiator
- Light scattering
- Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- FTIR
- Raman and UV spectrophotometry
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), ESR and mass spectrometry are situated in the Department of Chemistry.