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Centre
of Bio-Medical
Polymers

MorfoLAB
Laboratory of polymer morphology

°1 aktual MorfoLAB
Laboratory of polymer morphology

      Morphology of polymeric systems has a crucial impact on essential properties like strength and toughness. The laboratory studies the supramolecular structure of polymeric systems in solid and liquid phases (morphology, microscopy), connections between the structure and properties on a micro-level (micromechanical properties) and the development of the phase structure in liquid alloys (rheology with optical detection). The laboratory equipment and devices meet the requirements of these areas, consisting chiefly of light and electron microscopes optimised for research of polymeric systems, a micro-indentor, micro-tearing machine and rheometer with microscopic detection of changes in the supramolecular structure.

      In terms of research activities, the laboratory pursues its own projects focused on the supramolecular structure of polymeric materials but also cooperates with numerous research teams from inside and outside the Institute (including other institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech enterprises, and also partners from Poland, Germany, Italy…). The range of examined materials covers virtually the entire scope of polymeric research, in particular homopolymers, copolymers, polymer mixtures, polymeric micro- and nano-composites, porous membranes, hydrogels, polymeric micro- and nano-particles, as well as self-organizing polymeric systems in water.

°2 Main activities of the laboratory

  • Research of morphology (or the supramolecular structure) of polymeric systems;
  • Identification of micromechanical properties of polymers, polymer mixtures and composites;
  • Rheometric characterization of polymeric materials.

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°3 MorfoLab Services We Can Offer

 

  • Identification of morphology of polymer mixtures, localization of a compatibilizer;
  • Morphology of (nano)composites, dispergation of filler;
  • Morphology of (nano)particles and hydrogels in the natural and frozen state;
  • Identification of micromechanical properties (e.g. microhardness, microcreep, mikroplasticity).

°4 support of the project

       The creation of the centre is co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Programme Prague – Competitiveness. Project number: CZ.2.16/3.1.00/28043, term of implementation: 1 Sep 2012 – 30 Nov 2013. Further information is available at the Internet pages www.oppk.cz