Facilities & Instrumentation
Located in McCollum Science Hall, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is home to dozens of research labs and instructional facilities. These spaces are outfitted with advanced technology and equipment, used by our students in daily learning, and for ongoing research projects. You can learn more about our spaces and equipment below.
MSH 219
Mettler Toledo Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
Mettler Toledo Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Cary 300 UV-Vis – includes 6-cell thermal setup and diffuse reflection optics
PTI Fluorimeter – includes stirring setup
Thermo Scientific FTIR – includes Far-IR, Mid IR, Near-IR, and ATR
Thermo Scientific Raman – includes 4 lasers: 785 nm, 633 nm, 532 nm, and 455 nm
MSH 209
Thermo Scientific Evolution 300 UV-vis
Beckman Coulter L-100 XP Ultracentrifuge
Autoclave
MSH 123
Flash 2000 Elemental Analysis CHNS/O
MSH 223
Perkin Elmer Atomic Absorption/Atomic Emission Spectrometer (AAS/AES)
Pine Instruments Potentiostat
MSH 251
Evex Mini-Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX)
3 Shimadzu GC's
Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis
Shimadzu HPLC with UV-Vis
DynaPro Titan Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
Beckman-Coulter Avanti JE centrifuge
MSH 261
New Brunswick Scientific Incubator/Shaker (I 24 Series)
Beckman Coulter Centrifuge (Airfuge)
Thermo Scientific Quantification of DNA/RNA (Nanodrop)
UVP Benchtop UV Transilluminator (BioDoc-It)
Li-COR Imaging System (Odyssey)
Applied Biosystems Thermocycle (Verity)
Applied Biosystems Real-Time (Quantitative) PCR System (QuantStudio 3)
MSH 255
Agilent 6890 GC/MS
MSH 265
CEM Discover Microwave
MSH 216
Nicolet Summit IR spectrometer with ATR attachment
ThermoFisher Trace 1300 GC with TCD and FID detectors
CEM Discover 2.0 microwave synthesizers
MSH 274
400 MHz NMR (JEOL Model #ECZ400S/L1)
Thermo Scientific FTIR with ATR platform
Agilent LC/MS Q-TOF (Model #G6546)
Agilent 7000C GC/MS/MS (triple quad)
PerkinElmer AutoSystem Gas Chromatograph
Polarimeter (Rudolph)
MSH 277
NOVA 220e Surface Area Pore Analyzer
Rigaku MiniFlex II X-Ray Power Diffractometer