Facilities
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has excellent facilities. Below is a list of our resources. To help understand the quality of our facilities, indication of the cost of an item is shown by:
no asterisk less than $50,000;
* $50,000 -$100,000;
** above $100,000 to $300,000;
*** above $300,000 to $1M.
**** over $1M
Chromatography Instrumentation
- Shimadzu GC/MS QP2010 with static headspace*
- Beckman Coulter MDQ Capillary Electrophoresis with Diode Array Detection and Sample Cooling Stage
- Agilent 1100 Gradient Liquid Chromatograph with Diode Array Detection
- Dionex DX-100 Ion Chromatograph
- HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph
- Shimadzu GC 2014 Gas Chromatographs (Two)
- Shimadzu GC-17A/QP5000 Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer*
- Varian Exactive GC-MS/MS Gradient Liquid Chromatography***
Spectrometers
- WiTec Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope***
- JY64000 Raman/microRaman Spectrometer**
- Olis RSM 1000 UV-Visible Stopped-Flow Spectrometer*
- Varian 50 Bio UV-Visible spectrometer
- Shimadzu UV 1800 UV-Visible spectrometer
- Laser Photonics L5830 Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer
- Varian 400 MHz NMR with Multi-Nuclear Capabilities***
- Nicolet iS50 FTIR Spectrometer with Far IR options*
- Perkin Elmer 2380 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
- Perkin Elmer P2000 Inductively-Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer**
- Tecan Safire Dual Monochrometer Fluorescence/Absorbance Plate Reader (X2)
Electrochemical Instrumentation
- HP 4194a Impedance/Gain Phase Analyzer
- Solartron 1260A Impedance Analyzer with 1296A Dielectric Interface
- Maccor 2300 Battery Test System
- PAR 2273 Potentiostat
Calorimetery Systems
- Parr Solution and Bomb Calorimeters
- Mettler Thermal Analysis System: 822e DSC, 851e TGA*
Surface Chemistry Instrumentation
- VCA Contact Angle/ Maximum Bubble Pressure Surface Tension Apparatus
- Nanovia profilometer
Chemical Synthesis
- Two mBraun Glove boxes
- Schlenk Line Systems
- Solvent Purification Systems
Microscopy Instrumentation
- FEI 600 Scanning Electron Microscope/Focused Ion Beam System with cryo and e-beam capabilities****
- Brucker Nanoscope IV Atomic Force Microscope 160 x 160 mm Scan Range**
- Agilent 5500 Series STM/AFM with liquid and electrochemical capabilities**
- Nikon Eclipse Inverted Fluorescence Microscope
Miscellaneous Instrumentation
- Real Time PCR
- Liminometer
- Flow Cytometer
- Omni RT Centrifuge
Computer Resources
- Student access to the 71 PCs in the Keplinger Hall Computer Rooms (Rooms L1, L2, M7 in Keplinger Hall)
- Six Dedicated Computer for Chemistry and Biochemistry Student Use
- A Quad Xenon Workstation
- Numerous computers in faculty research labs
- Spartan 14 molecular Modeling Program and Odyssey program. Thirty-site licenses so that 30 students can use the program simultaneously on the computers in Keplinger Hall