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Departmental Instrumentation

  • IR & Raman Instrumentation
    • Thermo Nicolet IR 200 Spectrophotometer
    • Raman Spectrometer (Oreil Optics)
    • Raman Microscope (WiTec 300 Microscope)
  • MS Facility
    • Hewlett Packard GC/MS (GC HP 6870, MS HP 5873)
    • Bruker APEX 7T FTMS (ESI-MS)
    • Bruker UltrafleXtreme MALDI-TOF MS
    • Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 240
  • NMR Facility
    • Varian INOVA 600 MHz NMR Spectrometer
    • Two Bruker AVANCE 500 MHz NMR Spectrometers, VT and solid state capabilities
  • Photophysical Characterization
    • Cary 500 and 5000 UV-Vis-IR Spectrophotometers
    • Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
    • Horiba Fluorolog 211, time-resolved measurements (sub-ns to ms range); absolute quantum yields via integrating sphere attachment; accessory for examination of solid samples.
  • PolyRUN Facility
    • Differential Scanning Calorimeter: Discovery DSC (TA Instruments)
    • Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer: Discovery TGA (TA Instruments)
    • Rheometer: DHR-2 (TA Instruments)
    • Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer: Q800 (TA Instruments)
    • Gel Permeation Chromatography: Malvern Viscotek and Waters Systems
    • Dynamic Light Scattering: Malvern Nano ZS DLS
    • Atomic Force Microscope: Bruker ICON set up in glovebox
  • SEM Facility
    • Field emission scanning electron microscope (Hitachi S-4800), with an EDS detector from EDAX
  • X-Ray Laboratory
    • Single Crystal XRD
      • Bruker APEXII X-ray Diffractometer, designed for single crystal crystallographic measurements with a 4K CCD Detector and Kryoflex Low-Temperature Capability
      • Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-i X-ray Diffractometer, designed for single crystal crystallographic measurements with a HyPix-6000HE Hybrid Photon Counting (HPC) detector and Oxford Cryostream 800 liquid nitrogen cryogenic system
    • Powder XRD
      • Rigaku MiniFlex 6G benchtop XRD, designed for powder diffraction with an 8-sample changer
      • Bruker D8 Advance-eco X-ray Diffractometer, designed for powder diffraction with a 9-sample magazine changer (in Earth & Environmental Sciences Department)
  • Other Instrumentation
    • Thermo Scientific iCE 3000 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
    • Bioanalytical Systems CV-50W Voltammetric Analyzer
    • Wyatt Technology DAWN EOS Light Scattering Instrument (Flow and Batch)
    • Beckman J2-21 Centrifuge
    • Labconco Freeze Dryer