Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of British Columbia
$135,549.00
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Microstructures
FY 2014-15
Summary
This application requests a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) in which the sample is subjected to a periodic stress in one of several different modes of deformation. The force and displacement amplitudes and phase shift are analyzed as a function of temperature, time and frequency. For this purpose, the DMA is equipped with a suite of sample holders for six different deformation modes: 3-point bending, single cantilever bending, dual cantilever bending, tension, compression, and shear. The tool operates over a wide temperature range of -190°C - 600°C and a wide frequency range of 0.001 - 300 Hz. It provides a relative humidity in the range 5% - 85%, and the measurement chamber can also be filled with specific gases or mixtures. The submersion option allows materials characterization while the sample is submerged in specific fluids.This tool is necessary for research projects in the areas of biomedical microdevices, environmental sensing technology, material characterization, development of functionalized paper, printing of living tissue models, tissue engineering, implantable polymers, development of cellulose-based biomaterial, and the characterization of functional materials for microdevices.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
474325-2015
Name nom
Stoeber, Boris
Department département
Mechanical Engineering
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
135549
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1512
Committee name en
Mechanical Engineering
Committee name fr
Génie mécanique
Area of application code
1102
Area of application group en
Health, education and social services
Area of application group fr
Santé publique, éducation et services sociaux
Area of application en
Biomedical engineering
Area of application fr
Génie biomédical
Research subject code
2100
Research subject group en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie mécanique
Research subject en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject fr
Génie mécanique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Microstructures
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This application requests a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) in which the sample is subjected to a periodic stress in one of several different modes of deformation. The force and displacement amplitudes and phase shift are analyzed as a function of temperature, time and frequency. For this purpose, the DMA is equipped with a suite of sample holders for six different deformation modes: 3-point bending, single cantilever bending, dual cantilever bending, tension, compression, and shear. The tool operates over a wide temperature range of -190°C - 600°C and a wide frequency range of 0.001 - 300 Hz. It provides a relative humidity in the range 5% - 85%, and the measurement chamber can also be filled with specific gases or mixtures. The submersion option allows materials characterization while the sample is submerged in specific fluids.This tool is necessary for research projects in the areas of biomedical microdevices, environmental sensing technology, material characterization, development of functionalized paper, printing of living tissue models, tissue engineering, implantable polymers, development of cellulose-based biomaterial, and the characterization of functional materials for microdevices.
