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.

• 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.