The Advanced Renewable Materials Laboratory has suite of instrumentation for the characterization of biopolymers, biopolymer derivatives, and nanoparticles. Analysis includes nanoparticle and polymers size, interunit linkages, functional group content, and thermal mechanical properties. Instrumentation includes a 300 MHz NMR, an atomic force microscope, DSC, TGA, DMA, rheometer, GPC-MALS, and wet lab equipment.