Experimental Methods

• Small Angle and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• Atomic Force Microscopy
• Optical Microscopy
• Dynamic Mechanical Analysis/Rheology
• Universal Testing Machine
• DSC, thin film DSC
• Spin coating
• Vacuum Compression Molding

Microfocus X-ray instrument	Microfocus X-ray instrument Small-Angle and Wide-Angle X-ray scattering in transmission and under grazing incident angles Structures from 0.2 to 200 nm in vacuo temperature controlled sample stages for solids and liquids temperature range: -80°C to 350°C Responsible person: Alexander Much, Dr. Albrecht Petzold
Kratky camera	Kratky camera modified Kratky camera by Anton Paar KG suitable for solid and liquid samples structure analysis in nm-range temperature range: 20°C to 250°C Responsible person: Johann Conrad Holz
Diffraction System	Diffractometer Empyrean Diffraction System by PANalytical suitable for powders, thin films, textured samples X-ray diffraction and X-ray reflectivity divergent or parallel beam geometry 2θ range: 0° to 100° temperature range: -120°C to 350°C Responsible person: Dr. Oleksandr Dolynchuk
AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy NanoWizard 4 from JPK instruments Multimode 8 from Bruker tapping mode in net-repulsive and net-attractive regimes peak force tapping temperature range 25°C to 240°C measurements on large samples possible Responsible person: Marthinus van Niekerk
Optical Microscope	Polarisation microscopy / Opt. microscopy polarisation microscope BX 51 by Olympus reflection and transmission modes Linkam stage for heating and cooling experiments available heating until 600 °C cooling with liquid nitrogen possible experiments in nitrogen atmosphere possible Responsible person: Katrin Herfurt
DMA-Rheometer	Dynamic Mechanical Analysis/Rheology Anton Paar MCR 501, TA Instruments ARES-G2 modulus and viscosity measurements in various sample geometries (parallel plate, cone-plate, strip, Couette) temperature range: -80°C to 400°C Responsible person: Tonghua Liu
	Universal Testing Machine Universal Testing Machine with a 50kN load frame Load cells: 1kN, 10kN, 50kN The maximum speed is 120mm/min, no limit for the lowest speed (0.0005mm/min) The measurements can be done at a constant strain rate Temperature chamber: from -80 to 250°C The elongation can be measured and controlled at the sample/tool with two extensometer with 0.5µm resolution Grips: compression plates, compression cage, tension Responsible person: Dr. Rose Mary Michell Uribe
DSC8000	DSC-Differential Scanning Calorimetry DSC8000 by Perkin Elmer temperature range: -60°C to 400°C heating rates up to 100 K/min no measurements with liquids Responsible person: Katrin Herfurt, Dr. Albrecht Petzold
Flash-DSC	FSC-Fast Scanning Calorimetry Flash-DSC 1 by Mettler Toledo temperature range: -80°C to 450°C heating rates up to 5000K/s suitable for thin films Responsible person: Katrin Herfurt
Spin Coater	Spin Coater spin coater from Headway Research, Inc. spinning speed up to 5000 rpm temperature range 25°C to 150°C Responsible person: Marthinus van Niekerk
Vacuum Compression Molding	Vacuum Compression Molding VCM by MeltPrep GmbH lossless preparation of bubble free and homogeneous polymer samples temperature range: 50°C - 250°C sample shape: disc (25mm diameter) or bar (40mm x 10mm) Responsible person: Tonghua Liu

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