Major Instrumentation

nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer

The Department of Chemistry’s 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR) utilizes a superconducting magnet cryostated at 4 Kelvin to probe the structure of organic and organometallic molecules.

SpecificManufacturer and Model
Nuclear Magnetic ResonanceBruker AvanceNEO 400 (400MHz) with z-axis gradient and 2 multinuclear probes
NMReady Table Top NMRNanalysis Corp. NMReady 60Pro
Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer(2) Packard 5973C
Advion Expression Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS)Advion Inc. Advion Expression CMS (APCI)
Atomic AbsorptionVarian 220FS
Ultraviolet/VisibleCary 5000, (10) Agilent Cary 60, (3) Hewlett-Packard 8453 Diode Array, (14) Ocean Optics Diode Array
InfraredNicolet iS5, iS20
FluorescenceHORIBA Jobin Yvon FluoroMax
Spectrometers
SpecificManufacturer and Model
Gel PermeationTosoh HLC-8420GPC
High Performance Liquid(2) Beckman System Gold; GE Healthcare AKTA FPLC Varian Pro Star
IonDionex AS50/GP50/ED450
Flash ColumnTeledyne ISCD Nextgen 300+
Chromatographs
SpecificManufacturer and Model
Potentiostats/AnalyzersEG&G 264A, 273A, 303A, 263; BioLogic SP-200
Capillary ElectrophoresisBeckman-Coulter P/ACE MDQ
Electrochemical
SpecificManufacturer and Model
Atomic Force MicroscopeVeeco Dimension 3100
Scanning Electron MicroscopeHitachi SU-70 with scanning tunneling electron microscopy (STEM) and energy-dispersive x-ray analyzer (EDX)
Surface-Science
SpecificManufacturer and Model
Single Crystal DiffractometerRigaku XtaLAB mini II
Diffraction
SpecificManufacturer and Model
Differential Scanning CalorimeterTA Instruments DSC 250
Microwave DigestionCEM MARS Xpress
Microwave ReactorBiotage Initiator
Thermal
SpecificManufacturer and Model
EllipsometerGaertner Stokes LSE
PolarimeterJasco P-1010
Metallurgical MicroscopeMotic Panthera TEC
Polarizing MicroscopeOlympus BH-2
Optical
SpecificManufacturer and Model
Light Scattering PhotometerWyatt Dawn EOS with Optilab Refractive Index Detector
Light Scattering
SpecificManufacturer and Model
Glove Box
Braun UNIlabVacuum Atmospheres HE-193-1, MBraun Labstar Pro
Freeze-DryerFTS Systems
Vacuum
SpecificManufacturer and Model
UltracentrifugeSorvall RC2-B, Beckman J2-HS
Biochemical