
Polymers, Elastomers
Polymers and elastomers are essential to our everyday life – as elements of our biological architecture or as synthetic plastics. Anton Paar’s solutions provide unique information on properties such as structure stability, elasticity and flow behavior, for complete investigations on polymer and elastomer chains in numerous applications. Find the measuring instrument that meets your particular needs in the instrument list below – or let us help you find the best solution by contacting us directly.
Anton Paar Products

Anton Paar Bioindenter: UNHT³ Bio

Automated Multipurpose Powder X-Ray Diffractometer: XRDynamic 500

Automated representative sampler: Micro Rotary Riffler

Automated tapped density analyzers: Autotap

Capillary flow porometers for through-pores: Porometer 3G

Compact digital refractometer: Abbemat

Compact inline density meter: L-Dens

Compact Raman spectrometers: Cora 5001

Cryo & Humidity Chamber: CHC plus⁺

Density and sound velocity meter: DSA 5000 M

Digital heavy duty refractometer: Abbemat

Digital performance refractometer: Abbemat

Domed Cooling Stage for Four-Circle Goniometers: DCS 500

Dynamic shear rheometer measuring head: DSR 502

Dynamic shear rheometer: SmartPave

Five-station gas pycnometers for true density: PentaPyc and PentaFoam

Fully customizable laboratory automation solution: HTX

Gas sorption analyzer: QUADRASORB evo

Handheld density meter: DMA 35 Basic

Heated sample changer: Xsample 610

Heated sample changer: Xsample 630

High Temperature Tribometer: THT

High vacuum physisorption/chemisorption analyzers: autosorb iQ

High-pressure volumetric gas sorption analyzer: iSorb

HTR Compact: Rheometer autosampler for high sample throughput

HTR: Rheometer automation for high sample throughput and complex sample handling

Inline density meter: L‑Dens 7000 series

Inline refractometer: L-Rix

Inline sound velocity sensor: L-Sonic

Low-Temperature Chamber: TTK 600

Mercury intrusion pore size analyzers: PoreMaster

Micro Combi Tester: MCT³

Microwave digestion platform: Multiwave 5000

Microwave digestion system: Multiwave 7000

Microwave digestion system: Multiwave GO Plus

Microwave reactor: Monowave

Modular Compact Rheometer: MCR 72/92

Modular Compact Rheometer: MCR 102e/302e/502e

Motorized alignment for XRD: z-alignment stage

Multiwavelengths Refractometer: Abbemat MW

Nano scratch tester: NST³

Nanoindentation tester: NHT³

Particle size analyzer: Litesizer

Pin-on-disk tribometer: TRB³

Portable density meter: DMA 35

Revetest® Scratch Tester: RST³

Rolling-ball viscometer: Lovis 2000 M/ME

Sample changer: Xsample 530

SAXS/WAXS/BioSAXS system: SAXSpace

SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS/RheoSAXS laboratory beamline: SAXSpoint 5.0

Single-station gas pycnometers for true density: Ultrapyc

Software for particle analysis: Kalliope™

Software solutions for ViscoQC: Software

Thermo-optical oscillating refraction characterizer: TORC 5000

Ultra nanoindentation tester: UNHT³

Vacuum and Flow Degasser: FloVac

Vacuum Degasser: XeriPrep

Vacuum Tribometer: TRB V / THT V

Vapor sorption volumetric gas sorption analyzer: VSTAR

XRD software: XRDanalysis
Anton Paar Applications

Coir fibers - SWAXS studies of structural changes induced by tensile stress
Microfibril angle in coir fibers during tensile straining was studied using the SAXSpace system operated in point collimation mode in combination with the integrated TS 600 tensile stage.

Starch Decomposition with Subsequent Polarimetric Content Determination
This method is suitable for the determination of starch and high molecular weight starch degradation products in food or feedstuffs in compliance with the EC Commission Directive 86/174/EEC and Council Directive 96/25/EC. Please note that this method requi

Concentration Measurement of Sodium Hydroxide Solutions by Refractive Index
The concentration of sodium hydroxide in water can be easily and quickly determined by refractive index measurement.

Improve Digestion Quality and Save Money – Microwave Digestion rules out Open Digestion
Reliable elemental analysis results need robust sample preparation to destroy sample matrices or to separate matrix from analytes. The sample preparation step is by far the most error-prone and critical step of the analytical procedure.

Refractive Index Measurement of Ionic Liquids
Ionic liquids are special designer solvents as they are nonvolatile and liquid at ambient temperature, leading to a wide range of applications. Their refractive index helps to control the quality and also to characterize them.

Have a Good Trip
Refractometers are widely used in the automotive industry, e.g. to control the quality of oils, chemical liquids and solids such as plastics and glasses.

Mesoporous thin films - Investigating the structure of multi-layered films by GISAXS
Single- and double-layered mesoporous thin films have been analyzed by GISAXS for their structural properties using the SAXSpoint system.

The influence of Surface Roughness on Instrumented Indentation Testing (IIT)

In-Situ observation of the scratch/indentation true contact area to provide analysis without being model-dependent

Nanoindentation and Nanoscratch of Oxide Coatings on Thin Film Polymer Substrates

Mechanical properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films with an influence of the nucleation density on the structure

Nanoindentation approach to mechanical testing of extremely soft materials

Nanotribological properties of Diamond like carbon thin flexible films on ACM rubber

Review of Indenter Materials for High Temperature Nanoindentation

Spherical Nanoindentation of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels using the Bioindenter (BHT)

The Ultra Nanoindentation Tester: New generation of thermal drift free indentation

Applications of nanoindentation in biology and medicine
Nanoindentation for biological materials

Identifying three different particle sizes in one sample with DLS
Particle suspensions often contain more than one size of particle. However, many particle analyzers cannot resolve particle mixtures, instead they detect an average of all sizes. The Litesizer™ 500 can detect three sizes in one sample.

Temperature-dependent GISAXS studies on thin films
The temperature-induced decomposition of a thin film structure has been studied using the SAXSpoint system with the new temperature-controlled GISAXS stage.

An insight into the Structure of Copolymer Surfactants
The structure of inhomogeneous (core-shell) nanoparticles was studied with the SAXSpoint system. The internal structure of Pluronic P123 micelles in water was determined by calculating the radial electron density profile.

Collagen - A Validation Sample for SAXS Systems
The performance of the SAXSpoint 2.0 system is evaluated by measurements of tendon collagen. SAXSpoint 2.0 produces data with excellent resolution in the entire angular range and delivers true 2D SWAXS images.

Surface Modification of Kapton® Films
The zeta potential is a valuable parameter to follow polymer surface modifications and to tailor-make biocompatible devices for medical applications.

Enhancement of Membrane Separation Performance
The zeta potential is sensitive to small changes in the surface chemistry and thus suitable for monitoring membrane performance.

Inner Surface Treatment of Haemodialysis Membranes
The zeta potential measurement assists in the improvement of the biocompatibility of haemodialysis membranes.

The Zeta Potential of Track-Etched PVDF Membranes
The zeta potential gives comprehensive information about the charging behaviour of inner and outer membrane surfaces.

Monitoring of Membrane Fouling with Zeta Potential
Zeta potential measurements elucidate the fouling behavior of membranes and contribute to the optimization of membrane performance.

Self-Disinfectant Surfaces - Correlation between Antimicrobial Activity and Zeta Potential
Zeta potential analysis enables the detection of functional groups introduced by additives in polymer compounds.

SAXSpoint with MetalJet Source
SAXSpoint now integrates the high-brightness MetalJet X-ray source enabling ultra-fast SAXS measurements in the laboratory.

In-situ GISAXS heating experiments on self-assembled Gold nanoparticles
Thermal morphology changes of self-assembled Gold nanoparticles have been studied using the SAXSpoint system with the temperature controlled GISAXS stage.

Inline Viscosity Measurement of Asphalt Polymer Blends
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