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NMR Facilities

The Chemistry Department is equipped with five NMR spectrometers used in research and teaching:

• A Varian INOVA 600 narrow-bore broadband system is used for multinuclear, multidimensional high-resolution NMR studies.

• A Varian INOVA 400 wide-bore system is used for solid-state multinuclear, multidimensional NMR studies.

• A Bruker Avance wide-bore system with micro-imaging accessory is dedicated to multinuclear, multidimensional high-resolution NMR experiments and to micro-imaging studies

• Routine ¹H and ¹³C NMR experiments are carried out using our Bruker AC250 spectrometer.

• A Varian Mercury 300 spectrometer is used in undergraduate and graduate courses; it has ¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁹F, and ³¹P capabilities.

More information about our NMR facilities and instructions for using the computerized NMR reservation system is available online.

Center for Mass Spectrometry

Instrumentation in the University's Mass Spectrometry Center (housed in the Chemistry Department) includes a two Applied Biosystems mass spectrometers, a QSTAR XL (quadrupole/TOF hybrid) and a Voyager-DE Pro (MALDI-TOF). In addition, there is a Micromass Quattro-II triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer with electrospray capabilities and a VG ZAB-EQ hybrid (magnetic sector + quadrupole) high-performance spectrometer with extended mass range (10 kDaltons), high-resolution (120 k), and full MS/MS capabilities.

The Chemistry Department also owns several Hewlett-Packard GC/MS instruments. Individual faculty members in the Department have customized MS instruments in their laboratories.

Polymer Characterization Laboratory (PCL)

The Department of Chemistry is home to the PCL, a facility designed to meet the needs of both academic and industrial researchers. This facilty maintains a full time staff with a wide range of services and analyses available. For more information visit the PCL website HERE.

Raman facilities

The Department of Chemistry has recently acquired a new Horiba Jobin-Yvon T64000 Raman spectrometer. This is a triple grating spectrometer, with micro- and macrostage sampling, an open electrode CCD with excellent sensitivity from 200-1000nm, and multiple modes of operation which include maximizing resolution and sensitivity. Current laser excitation sources include argon and krypton ion gas lasers, and a Ti-sapphire laser, spanning from 457.9 - 800 nm.

X-ray crystallography facilities

The Department's X-ray crystallography facilities include a Nicolet R3m/v single-crystal diffractometer and a Siemens Smart System 1000 diffractometer with three workstations.