Soft matter instrumentation

Alongside standard commercial equipment for soft matter investigation, PCC develops in-house instruments that can explore new scientific questions. While instrument development is not our primary purpose, we use tailored approaches when necessary to answer these questions. Examples include different specialized variants of Laser Speckle Imaging (LSI: microscopy of nanoscopic motions in non-transparent systems), AFM (e.g. combined with IR spectroscopy), and rheometry (multi-point indentation, adhesion, rheo-LSI). We also expand and enhance the capabilities of existing techniques, e.g. by controlled environments, 3D printed components, microfluidic devices, and programmed hardware and software interfaces.