Instrument Overview

The instruments in the Shared Instrument Lab are listed below by category. For detailed information on each instrument, please visit the Instrument Details page.

  • Optical Spectroscopy and Measurement
    • Thermo Nicolet iS50 Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer with built-in ATR
    • Edinburgh Instruments FS5 fluorescence spectrometer
    • Agilent Cary 5000 UV-vis spectrometer
    • Varian Cary 60 UV-vis spectrometer
    • Jasco P-2000 digital polarimeter
    • Kern full-circle polarimeter with sodium lamp
    • Abbe Mk II refractometer
  • Thermal Analysis
    • TA Instruments Q500 thermogravimetric analyzer
    • TA Instruments Q2000 differential scanning calorimeter
    • Electrothermal Model 1A 8102 melting point apparatus
  • Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
    • Shimadzu QP-2020 GCMS with liquid, headspace, and SPME capabilities
    • Thermo Vanquish HPLC with PDA
    • Varian 3900 GC with FID
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
    • Magritek Spinsolve Carbon benchtop NMR (1H, 13C, and 19F)
    • (see the NMR Institute for the big NMRs!)
  • Other Items of Equipment
    • Johnson Matthew magnetic susceptibility balance
    • Dymax UV curing oven
    • Sartorius ME5 microbalance
    • Exeter CE-440 CHN analyzer (currently out of service)