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Research Instrumentation in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Major instrumentation:

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.			Bruker SMART APEXII CCD			ZEISS Fluorescence Microscope

Agilent UV-Vis Spectrophotometer with a photodiode-array detector for rapid, full-spectrum absorbance measurements and kinetic analysis				Top: Edinburgh Instrument FS5 fluorescence spectrometer Bottom: Agilent Technologies Cary 100 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

 

Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS10 FTIR with DGTS detector		Nicolet 6700 FTIR with DGTS and MCT detector with spectroelectrochemical setup.

 

Shimadzu QP2020SE GC with MS & FID detectors and autosampler				Hitachi 5310 HPLC system with 5430 diode array, 5440 fluorescence detector, and 300S evaporative light scattering detector		GE Healthcare ÄKTAPurifier 10 FPLC with Monitor UV-900 & Frac-950

 

CH Instruments 660 C electrochemical workstation		EG&G Model 616 Rotating Disc Electrode		Top: CHI Instruments 731E bipotentiostat Bottom: Metrohm Autolab 302 Potentiostat

BioRad MiniJ Thermocycler		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

X-Ray Crystallography

• Bruker P4 with APEXII upgrade

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FTIR

• Nicolet 6700 FTIR with DGTS and MCT detector with spectroelectrochemical setup.
• Nicolet Avatar 360 FT-IR E.S.P.

UV-Vis

• Cary 100 UV-Visible Spectrometer
• Ocean Optics CCD Array UV-Vis spectrophotometers (8)

Elemental Analysis

• Perkin-Elmer 2380 atomic absorption spectrophotometer

Gas Chromatography

• GOW-MAC Series 400 Isothermal GCs

Liquid Chromatography

• CombiFlash Nextgen 300+ automated flash chromatography system

Electrochemistry

• EG&G Model 263A Potentiostat/Galvanostat 
  
• Stanford Research Systems Quartz crystal microbalance
• Werner Instrument DP-314 Differential 4-Channel Amplifier
• 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

• Synergy H1 plate reader equipped with variable bandwidth monochromators and a red-extended PMT detector
• Azure 280 Multi-Model Imaging System
• QuantStudio7 Flex PCR
• 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
• BioRad 2D Gel Electrophoresis
• SynGene Gel Documentation System

Cross-Disciplinary Instrumentation  

• 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
• BambuLab P2S 3D printer with PPA-CF filament
• MP-1000 pipette puller