Major Instrumentation in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
NMR
X-Ray Crystallography
FTIR
UV-Vis
Fluorescence
Elemental Analysis
Laser Spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography & GC/MS
Liquid Chromatography
Electrochemistry
Computational
Biochemistry
Additional Resources
NMR
- 400 MHz - Bruker Avance III FT-NMR spectrometer for solutions and solids with 5 mm & 10 mm broadband probes, a solids (CP-MAS) probe, and a variable temperature module.
X-Ray Crystallography
- Siemens P4 single-crystal diffractometer
- Bruker SMART APEXII CCD
- Bruker P4 with APEXII upgrade
FTIR
- Nicolet Avatar 360 FT-IR E.S.P.
UV-Vis
- Shimadzu UV-160 UV-Vis spectrophotometer
- Ocean Optics CCD Array UV-Vis spectrophotometers (8)
- Cary 100 UV-Visible Spectrometer
Fluorescence
- Edinburgh Instrument FS5 fluorescence spectrometer with lifetime measurements capability.
Elemental Analysis
- Perkin-Elmer 2380 atomic absorption spectrophotometer
Laser Spectroscopy
- Coherant Innova 70 argon ion laser
- Laser Science, Inc. VSL-337ND-S Laser with Hitachi-Perkin Elmer Model 139 UV-Vis spectrophotometer detector
Gas Chromatography & GC/MS
- Shimadzu QP2020SE GC with MS & FID detectors and autosampler
- GOW-MAC Series 400 Isothermal GCs
Liquid Chromatography
- Hitachi 5310 HPLC system with 5430 diode array, 5440 fluorescence detector, and 300S evaporative light scattering detector
- CombiFlash Nextgen 300+ automated flash chromatography system
Electrochemistry
- EG&G Model 303A Static Mercury Drop Electrode
- EG&G Model 264A Polarographic Analyzer/Stripping Voltammeter
- EG&G Model 616 Rotating Disc Electrode
- EG&G Model 263A Potentiostat/Galvanostat
- CHI Instruments 660C potentiostat/galvanostat
- CHI Instruments 731E bipotentiostat
- Ntegra Prima scanning probe microscope for combined AFM and STM, electrochemical STM (ESTM), and scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)
- Werner Instrument DP-314 Differential 4-Channel Amplifier
- CH RRDE-3A rotating disk apparatus with HCH electrochem workstation
- Metrohm Autolab 302 Potentiostat
- Princeton Applied Research 263A Potentiostat/Galvonstat
- Tetronix TDS 684A and 694C 4 channel oscilloscopes
Computational
- ACTstation x330 and x250s with Synology 2-Bay NAS Diskstation
- Tempest 2150 Linux workstation (with dual Opteron 285 dual-core CPU's, 16GB RAM) running Gaussian 03 and GaussView
- 10-PC Chemistry and BiochemistryStudent Computer Lab with Two HP Laserprinters, Scanner, Microsoft Office, ChemOffice (ChemDraw & Chem3D), SciFinder Scholar & Spartan 2004'
- Molecular Modeling Software
Biochemistry
- Beckman Avanti J-30 High Performance Centrifuge with JA-30.50 & JL-A-16.250 Rotors
- Thermo Electron IEC Multi High Performance Benchtop Centrifuge with 4x250mL Swinging Bucket Rotor, 8x50mL Fixed-Angle Rotor and 48x1.5mL Fixed-Angle Rotor
- Beckman Microfuge II Centrifuge
- Eppendorf 5415 C Microcentrifuge
- Cold Room
- Fisher Scientific Isotemp Basic Ultralow -85°C Freezer
- MilliPore Milli-Q Water Purification System
- New Brunswick Scientific Classic Series C76 Water Bath Shaker
- Lab-Line Imperial III Incubator
- Laminar Flow Hood
- Gel Electrophoresis (Vertical & Horizontal) and Gel Dryer
- BioRad Chromatography EconoPump & BioFrac Fraction Collector
- GE Healthcare ÄKTAPurifier 10 FPLC with Monitor UV-900 & Frac-950
- BioRad MiniJ Thermocycler
- BioRad 2D Gel Electrophoresis
- SynGene Gel Documentation System
- Synergy H1 plate reader
- Azure 280 Multi-Model Imaging System
- Pipetmax 268 Robotic Pipettor System
- QuantStudio7 Flex PCR
Additional Resources
- M-Braun drybox I
- VTI Labstar Super 1200/780 dry box
- TGA Q60 thermogravimetic analyzer
- Newport Qe-PV-SI Quantum Efficiency/IPCE Measurement System
- Laurell Model WS-400-6NPP-LITE spin coater
- MakerBot Replicator 3D printer
- CEM MARS 5 (Microwave Accelerated Reaction System)
