Supports for R&D Infrastructure Investment:
EFRE-REACT FUNDING: SUSTAINABLE FIBER RESEARCH (2022)
Expansion and modernisation of R&D infrastructure for basic research in the fields of climate protection, resource efficiency and circular economy.
- Environmentally friendly energy storage concepts by developing novel textile-based electrodes
- Development of bio-based fiber materials and new concepts in textile circularity
The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the State Goverment of Vorarlberg
EFRE FUNDING: HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER TEXTILE BASED MATERIALS (2017)
Expansion of the research infrastructure in the field of high performance materials
The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the State Goverment of Vorarlberg
Currently Available Equipment
- Light / Laser / Electron Microscopy
- Atomic Force Microscopy coupled with nano-IR (operated with QCL and OPO Laser)
- Cryo-Ultramicrotomy
- Infrared Spectroscopy & IR Microscopy
- Hot Stage ATR Infrared Spectroscopy
- UV-VIS Photometry
- High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
- Size Exclusion Chromatography
- Inverse Size Exclusion Chromatography
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry / Thermogravimetry
- Electro Kinetic Analyser (Zeta Potential Measurements)
- Rheometry and Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis
- Atmospheric Plasma Modification
- Electrochemical Measurements (Potentiostats, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy)
- Moisture Sorption Analyzer (Dynamic Vapor Sorption)
- Twin Screw Extruder (Mixing / Compounding / Additivation)
- Hot Press (Temperature and Pressure Controlled)
- Technical Embroidery (Tailored Fibre Placement)
- Tensile Testing
- High Speed Puncture / High Speed Tensile Testing (up to 12 m/s)
- Tenacity, Elongation and Titer Determination
- Force Tensiometer (Fibre Surface Tension)
- Cyclic Bending Test
- Water, Air, Oxygen Permeability
- Climate Chambers (Temperature and Humidity Controlled)
- Abrasion Testing
- 3D Printers