Instrumentation Holdings

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry (NMR):

  • JEOL JNM-ECZ400S 400 MHz NMR with multinuclear probe

X-Ray Spectrometry:

  • Rigaku SmartLab Automated Multipurpose X-ray Diffractometer

Mass Spectrometry:

  • Bruker Instruments micrOTOF mass spectrometer with electrospray, APCI and DESI ionization sources
  • Ion Sense model 100 DART ionization source

Microscopes and Microscopy Accessories:

  • JEOL JSM-6010Plus/LA Scanning Electron Microscope
  • Cressington 108 Auto/SE Sputter Coater along with a MTM-20 High Resolution Thickness Controller
  • Zeiss Axiovert 200 Inverted Fluorescence Microscope
  • VanGuard Inverted Phase Microscope
  • Becker & Hickl Time Correlated Single Photon Counting Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope
  • Thermo Scientific 870 FT-IR Microscope

Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectrometry:

  • Agilent 720 Simultaneous ICP-Optical Emission Spectrometer
  • Agilent SP3 autosampler for ICP-OES
  • CEM MARS 5 Microwave Digestion System

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS):

  • Varian AA240 AA Spectrometer

Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrometry (UV-vis):

  • Agilent Cary 60 UV-vis spectrometers
  • 2 Ocean Optics UV-vis spectrometers
  • Hewlett-Packard 8453, Diode Array spectrophotometer

Infrared Spectrometry (IR):

  • Thermo Scientific iS50R FTIR Spectrometer equipped with a Pike VeeMAX III Spectroelectrochemical Cell
  • Thermo Scientific Nexus 870 FTIR spectrometer
  • Thermo Scientific Nexus 470 FTIR spectrometer with Attenuated Total Reflectance
  • Block Engineering Tunable IR laser system
  • Parker Balston Purge Gas Generator

Fluorescence/Chemiluminescence:

  • Horiba Flurolog 3 Spectrofluorometer
  • Confocal Fluorescence Correlation Spectrometer (FCS)
  • Solid-State 488 nm Laser and He-Ne 633 nm Laser for FCS system
  • Micro Photon Devices Avalanche Photodiode Detector for FCS system
  • Thor Labs Spatial Filter for FCS system
  • Perkin Elmer LS50B Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
  • Turner Biosystems 20/20 Luminometer

Light Scattering

  • Malvern Zetasizer Dynamic Light Scattering System

Gas Chromatography (GC):

  • Hewlett-Packard 5890 with FID and TCD
  • Hewlett-Packard 5890 with FID and TCD
  • Shimadzu GC-2014 with FID

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC):

  • Dionex Ion Chromatography system
  • Dionex Ultimate 3000 Binary Gradient UHPLC system
  • Two Dionex P680 Quaternary pump HPLC systems with multiple wavelength UV-visible detector and autosampler
  • Component Size-Exclusion Chromatography
  • Beckman Coulter P/ACE MDQ Capillary Electrophoresis System
  • Waters 410 Differential Refractive Index Detector
  • Two Multi-wavelength Ultraviolet-Visible Detectors
  • Evaporative Light Scattering
  • Three Water Chromatography HPLC Column Heaters

Low Pressure Liquid Chromatography:

  • Biotage HPFC Model SP1

Dilatometry:

  • Linseis model L75 Platinum Series Dilatometer

Centrifugation:

  • Beckman L8-M Ultracentrifuge with SW41 Ti, SW55 Ti, and 70 Ti rotors
  • Sorvall RC5 Plus High Speed Centrifuge with GSA, SA60, and SE12 rotors
  • Centra CL3R Refrigerated Centrifuge
  • Mistral 1000 Clinical Centrifuge
  • 2 Tabletop Clinical Centrifuges
  • 5 Microcentrifuges

Electrophoresis Equipment:

  • BioRad Protean IEF System
  • 2 Invitrogen Novex Mini-Cell Electrophoresis Cells
  • 7 BioRad Protean 3 Electrophoresis Cells
  • Protean II Xi Electrophoresis Cell
  • 5 BioRad Mini Trans-Blot Cells
  • 4 BioRad Mini Sub Cell GT Horizontal Electrophoresis Cells
  • 4 Power Supplies
  • BioRad GelAir Gel Dryer

Incubators, Ovens, and Baths:

  • 2 Fisher Isotemp Incubators
  • Fisher Isotemp Circulating Water Bath
  • CEDCO 1510 Water-jacketed Carbon Dioxide Incubator
  • 2 New Brunswick C76 Shaking Water Baths
  • ArmaLab Shaking Water Bath
  • New Brunswick Floor Model Shaking Incubator
  • Precision Oven
  • Fisher Isotemp Circulating Water Bath
  • Maddel Technology Model SMD2004A Solder Oven
  • ThermoFisher MaxQ 6000 Incubated/Refrigerated Shaker

Refrigerators/Freezers:

  • Thermo Fisher Model 904, -80°C Upright Freezer
  • Fisher Isotemp Refrigerated Cabinet
  • Fisher Explosion Proof Refrigerator/Freezer
  • -20oC Refrigerator

Solvent Evaporation

  • Labconco Centrivap Benchtop Centrifugal Vacuum concentrator system
  • SP Scientific Virtis Benchtop Pro Lyophilizer

Other Biochemical Instrumentation:

  • Applied Biosystems GeneAmp 2700 Thermocycler
  • Amersham RediFrac Fraction Collector
  • Amersham P-1 Peristaltic Pump
  • NuAire Class II Type A/B3 Horizontal Laminar Flow Cabinet
  • 2 Orbital Platform Shakers
  • Syngene G:BOX Chemi XX6 Imaging System
  • Missonix Ultrasound Sonicator and Cabinet
  • Biotek Synergy H1 Microplate Reader
  • Biotek EL808 IU Microplate Reader
  • Biotek Microplate Spectrophotometer
  • BioRad Gene Pulser Xcell

Calorimetry:

  • TA Instruments model Q100 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
  • 2 Parr Bomb Calorimeter

Physical Properties:

  • Anton Parr Digital Density Meter
  • Mettler Density Meter
  • Mettler Auto-Titrator

Electrochemical:

  • Biologic VMP 16 Channel Potentiostat
  • eDAQ EA161 Potentiostat

Glove Box:

  • Vigor SG1200/750TS Glove Box

Laser Cutter:

  • Full Spectrum Lasers 20x12” Laser Cutter

Hydrogenator:

  • Parr Hydrogenator System

Computer Systems:

  • Microway 4 Core Linux Workstation
  • PQS 16 Core Linux Workstation
  • Microway 16 Core Linux Workstation
  • 24 Core Linux Workstation
  • 6 Core Linux Workstation
  • 2 Dell 64 Core Linux Servers with GPU compute capability
  • Dell 2-node 40 core Server
  • 6 Core Linux Workstation/NVIDIA GPU compute node (4500 GPU cores)
  • PQS 80 Core Linux Cluster
  • PQS 48 Core Linux Cluster
  • PQS 24 Core Workstation
  • NVIDIA GPU compute node (11000 GPU cores) with 16 core Intel CPUs
  • 2 Hewlett-Packard Z420 8 Core Linux Workstations with GPU compute capability

Multi-Purpose Data Acquisition Systems

  • 21 Vernier LabQuest 2 Data Loggers
  • 22 Vernier pH Probes
  • 20 Vernier ORP Sensors
  • 20 Vernier Drop Counters
  • 20 Vernier Conductivity Probes
  • 20 Vernier Gas Pressure Sensors
  • 40 Vernier Temperature Probes
  • 20 Vernier Voltage Probes
  • 21 Spectrovis Plus Visible Spectrometers
  • 7 Vernier UV Vis Spectrometer