Specialized Instrumentation Available to Users
Synthesis
- ChemSpeed Multiplant Reaction System
- Biotage Microwave Reactor
- Freeslate Semi-continuous Parallel Pressure Reactor (ScPPR)
- Polyscience Immersion Cooler (variable temperature)
- JC Meyer Solvent Purification System: THF, DCM, DMF, toluene, methanol, pyridine, triethylamine, and acetonitrile
- Nitrogen Glove Boxes (equipped with freezer units): nanoscale material synthesis and polymer/small molecule synthesis
Purification
- Biotage SP4 Flash Purification System
- Japan Analytical Industry LC-9101 Recycling Preparative SEC
Sample Preparation
- Nitrogen/Argon Glove Boxes with Spin Coaters and Thermal Evaporators for organic and metal thin film deposition
- Spectronics XL-1500 UV Crosslinker
- Various sample preparation tools: UV ozone cleaner, spin coater, ultrasonic bath, mg balance, hot plate, oven, and centrifuge.
Characterization
- Bruker Biospin Avance II 500 MHz High Performance NMR Spectrometer with various probes including multinuclear CP-MAS probe
- Varian 3200 FT-IR Spectrometer
- Agilent Cary 5000 UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer
- Horiba NanoLog Spectrofluorometer System with visible/NIR detectors and PL lifetime capability
- Horiba LA-950 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Distribution Analyzer
- TA Q200 Differential Scanning Calorimeters
- PARSTAT 2273 Potentiostat for Cyclic Voltammetry
- Dektak 150+ Surface Profiler
- Leica DM4500P Optical Microscope with polarization
- Nikon Eclipse TE200 Optical Microscope
- Kruss Easy Drop Contact Angle Measurement System
- Orb Optronix ETĪ¦TM LED Characterization System
- Photovoltaic Testing Station: IV characteristics and spectral response
- Lakeshore CPX-HF Probe Station with cryogenic and magnetic testing capability
- Micromeritics Physisorption Analyzer for surface area and porosity measurements
- Hy-Energy Sieverts High Pressure Hydrogen Sorption Analyzer
- Agilent Capillary Electrophoresis System
- Agilent GC-MS 6890 Chromatograph
- Mass Spectrometer
- AB Sciex TF4800 MALDI-TOF-TOF
- Bruker Autoflex II MALDI-TOF/TOF
- Bruker Daltonics MicroTOF-Q
- Viscotek Size Exclusion Chromatograph
- GPC Max/TDA 302, THF
- GPC RI detector, DMF
- HPLC
- Waters Acquity
- Dionex UltiMate 3000 nanoHPLC System
- Agilent 1200 nanoHPLC System
- Agilent 1100 Series
- Agilent 1260 Infinity
