Facilities
The Chemistry Department is located on the third floor of the Integrated Science Center. The following is a list of some of the equipment available in the Chemistry Department.
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Fluorescence Spectrometer
Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectrometer
Freezers (-20 degrees, -80 degrees), Refrigerators, Cold Boxes
Gas Chromatographs
GC-Mass Spectrometer
High Performance Liquid Chromatography Systems (HPLC)
Light Microsopes
Table-top and Microcentrifuges
Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometers
- Bruker Smart X2S Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer with low-temperature (200 K) capability.
- Capillary Electrophoresis System
- Cell Growth Incubators and Water Baths
- Cyclic Voltammetry Systems
- Densitometer/Fluorimager
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter (TA Instruments)
- Electrophoresis equipment (DNA, protein, 2-D)
- 96-well Fluorescence Reader
- Hybridization ovens
- Isothermal Titration Calorimeter (VP-ITC, MicroCal)
- Magnetic Susceptibility System
- Nd:YAG Laser Pumped Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO)
- 400MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (Varian 400MR)
- Polarization microscopes
- Polymerase Chain Reaction Thermalcycler (PCR)
- Real Time PCR
- Preparatory and High-speed Ultracentrifuges
- Silicon Graphics Workstations
- Tunable Dye Laser
- In addition, access to XRD, XRF, SEM & ICP-OES instrumentation is available through the Department of Geological Sciences.