Facilities

Modernization of instrumentation is a high priority in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. The department has research laboratories and instruments in the Science & Engineering Building, the Violette Research Building, the Dion Building and the New Research Building on the main campus.

 Some of the more recent acquisitions include:

• Bruker AVANCE III HD 400 MHz High-Performance Digital NMR
• Bruker Venture D8 Dual-Source (Mo & Cu µF) X-Ray Diffractometer
• Two PESCIEX API150 Mass spectrometers
• Two Hewlett-Packard 5890 gas chromatograph/mass spectrometers
• Bruker e-scan R table-top EPR Analyzer
• Eleven gas chromatographs from various manufacturers
• Perkin Elmer 1310 IR spectrometer
• Five FT-IR spectrometers from various manufacturers
• Eight UV-Vis spectrophotometers from various manufacturers
• ISA Fluoromax 2 fluorescence spectrometer
• ISS K2 spectrofluorimeter
• SLM 48000 spectrofluorimeter
• Perkin Elmer LS55 luminescence spectrometer
• Thirteen high performance liquid chromatographs from various manufacturers
• Six centrifuges from various manufacturers
• Dupont-Sorvall OTD55B ultracentrifuge
• Three Spectra/Chrom CF-1 fraction collectors
• Two Perkin Elmer Aanalyst 100 flame atomic absorption spectrometers
• Perkin Elmer Zeeman 5100 PC furnace atomic absorption spectrometer
• Two Pharmacia Biotech Phast System electrophoresis and developing Unit
• Jordan Scientific DNA sequencer with Dan-Kar power Supply
• Molecular Dynamics MegaBase 1000 DNA sequencer
• Two PARC 264A polargraphic analyzer/voltammeters
• Hach IL 550 TOC-TN TOC-TN analyzer
• Beckman LS5801 scintillation counter
• CSC 4200 isothermal titration calorimeter
• JASCO J-715 spectropolarimeter
• Sippican/NRL optical fiber-based biosensor
• ITTI image analysis system
• Perkin Elmer DSC-7 differential scanning calorimeter
• Finnigan MAT isotope ratio mass spectrometer
• Waters HPLC system with PDA detection and Millennium software and a Labconco lyophilizer
• Micromeretics ASAP2020 Physisorption Analyzer