Chemistry and Biochemistry: Instrumentation

Spectroscopy

• Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer
• Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
• Infrared Spectrophotometers
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
• Laser Spectroscopy Lab
• Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer
• Thermo Scientific Nanodrop 2000C Spectrophotometer
• Innovx portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer
• SRS mobile residual gas mass analyzer (RGA)
• Raman Systems Inc., Raman Spectrometer

Chromatography

• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Gas Chromatography (GC)
• GC-Mass Spectrometry
• Teledyne Isco CombiFlash Companion automated chromatography system

Computing

• High-performance computing cluster (40 processors)
• Macintosh and PC Clusters. Both with laboratory interfaces.
• Computational Packages: Gaussian, Spartan, WebMO and Games
• Software: ChemDraw (site license) and SciFinder Scholar

Other

• 4-electrode potentiostat
• Gel electrophoresis
• High speed centrifuge
• Liquid scintillation counter
• Pulsed polarograph
• Vacuum Atmospheres Solvent Purification System
• Vacuum Atmospheres Glove-box
• Thermoforma -80°C Freezer
• Index Instruments AA-5 Digital Polarimeter
• Quanta-Ray Nd:YAG and dye lasers

Other Facilities

• Glass-working bench, torches, and equipment
• Machine shop (located in the College of Engineering Building)