Laboratory Equipment
Instruments & Resources
Use of chemical instrumentation is integral to the student experience at all levels in teaching and research labs. Information is given here about the specific instrumentation housed in the department and is not meant as an endorsement of a particular vendor.
UV-Visible Spectrophotometry
- Six Ocean Optics USB2000+ UV/visible spectrometers (halogen & deuterium light source)
- Ocean Optics JAZ UV/visible spectrometer
- HP 8353 UV/visible spectrophotometer
- Ten UNICO 2800 UV/Vis Spectrophotometers
- BIO-TEK EL 800 universal microplate reader
- Molecular Devices Spectromax 250 scanning microplate spectrophotometer
- Cary 100 Bio UV-vis spectrophotometer with Peltier temperature control
- Cary 60 UV-vis spectrophotometer with cryostat
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- Ocean Optics USB-2000-FL-450 fluorescence spectrometer with a PX-2 pulsed xenon light source
- A dual-monochromator TECAN Infinite M200 Pro Microplate spectrophotometer for high-throughput absorbance, luminescence and fluorescence applications
- Tecan Spark with absorbance and fluorescence monochromators, bright field imaging module, and active temperature control
Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
- Two Agilent 6850 gas chromatographs
- Three Agilent 6850 gas chromatographs with model 3395 integrators
- Agilent 6850 gas chromatograph equipped with a 5973 MSD.
- Advion high performance expression compact mass spectrometer
- Agilent 1100 Series HPLC with quaternary pump and diode array UV/vis detector (with LCMS capability and Plate Express for direct TLC plate analysis)
- Advion Puriflash column chromatography system
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- 400 MHz JEOL JMN-ECZS Zeta Avance nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer with autosampler
- 60 MHz Nanalysis benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer with reaction flow module
Infrared Spectroscopy
- Thermo Nicolet iS5 FTIR with iD5 diamond ATR attachment
- Thermo Nicolet Summit FTIR with diamond Everest ATR
- Thermo Nicolet 6700 FTIR
- Ocean Optics Quest NIR
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
- Varian SpectrAA 100 atomic absorption spectrometer
Powder X-ray diffraction
- Angstrom Advanced ADX-2700 Powder Diffractomer System with variable temperature stage (-170 – 300 ̊C)
Electrochemistry
- Two Princeton Applied Research VersaStat 3 potentiostats (one equipped for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy)
- CHI 620 potentiostat
PCR
- Eppendorf Mastercycler thermal cycler
- Eppendorf X2 and GX2 thermal cycler
Centrifugation
- Beckman J2-HS high-speed centrifuge
- Eppendorf 5804R multipurpose centrifuge
- Eppendorf 5417R and 24R benchtop centrifuges
Cell Prep
- Thermo Electron French press cell disrupter
- Fisher Scientific 550 sonic dismembrator
- New Brunswick I24R variable temperature incubator shaker
Microscopy
- Nanosurf EasyScan 2 AFM with dynamic mode
- Olympus polarized optical microscope with Linkam heated stage
Electron Microscopy
- Field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) with EDS, CL, and STEM detector)
- Denton sputter coater with carbon evaporation accessories
- Tousimis critical point dryer
Thermal Analysis
- TA Instruments Tzero differential scanning calorimeter
- TA Instruments Q500 Thermogravimetric Analyzer with 16 position autosampler
- Parr solution calorimeter
- Combined solution-bomb calorimeter
Imaging
- Alpha Innotech FluorChem HD2 advanced imaging system (with Biology Department)
- BioRad GelDoc imager
Surface Preparation/Characterization
- KSV NIMA Langmuir-Blodgett trough
- Ramé-Hart contact angle goniometer
- Laurell spin coater
Custom Built Solar Simulator and Spectral Response Setup
- 300-W Xe arc lamp (Newport)
- Newport Cornerstone 260 monochromator (200 – 1800+ nm)
- 2 calibrated UV-sensitive Newport Si photodiodes and a Terahertz Technologies transimpedance amplifier
- ThorLabs 302C light meter (thermal sensor)
Data Acquisition
- Vernier LabQuest handheld data acquisition systems with varying probes
3D Printers
- Maker Pi K5 Plus
- Two Ender-3 3D Printers
Custom Built Ultrafast Time- and Spectrally Resolved Photoluminescence and Photon Correlation Setup:
- Picoquant Timeharp Photon Counter
- MPD Silicon Avalanche Photodiode
- Newport High Gain 10 MHz Photodiode
- Alphalas Picosecond Pulsed Diode Lasers (405 nm, 510 nm) and Driver
- Teledyne Princeton Instruments HRS-300 Spectrograph
Custom Built Temperature and Polarization Dependent High Resolution Photometric Photoluminescence and Raman Spectroscopy Setup:
- Cryoindustries of America Optical Cryostat with Lakeshore Temperature Controller for temperature down to 77 K
- Teledyne Princeton Instruments HRS-300 Spectrograph with Pixis 100 Camera and Intellical
- Continuous wave photoluminescence excitation diode lasers: 405 nm, 450 nm, 488 nm, 520 nm, 532 nm, 640 nm
- 532 nm DPSS and HeNe Raman excitation lasers with RazorEdge Raman filter (>90 cm-1)
Custom Built Photoconductivity and Optoelectric Device Measurement Setup:
- Excitation diode lasers
- Power sources (High and moderate voltage)
- Keithley 2100 multimeters
For questions or additional information on these systems please contact:
Ebaugh Laboratories
Ebaugh Laboratories
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Department is housed in Ebaugh Laboratories. A complete building renovation and expansion was completed in 2011. Classrooms, laboratories, instrument rooms and study spaces promote hands-on learning, student-faculty collaborative research, and department community.
