Instrumentation & Facilities

NMR

  • Agilent 600 MHz (shared, 2011)
    • triple resonance, single-gradient system with HCN and OneNMR probes (both inverse and direct detect)), purchased with funds from the National Science Foundation
  • Varian 400-MR (shared, 2011)
    • multinuclear, single gradient with OneNMR probe (can record both inverse and direct detect))
  • Bruker Avance III 400 (shared, 2012)
    • multinuclear, single-gradient system
  • Quantum Design helium recovery system (shared, 2026)


Circular dichroism

  • AVIV 202 (Minehan, ca. 1993)


Surface Plasmon Resonance

  • Nicoya Lifesciences OpenSPR (Crowhurst and Vey, 2016)


LC-MS


GC-MS

  • Agilent 5973 (shared, 2005)
  • Agilent 5977E (shared, 2015)


ICP-MS

  • PerkinElmer NexION 300Q (shared, 2010)


UV/Visible

  • Perkin Elmer Lambda XLS+ (shared, 2010)
  • SpectraMax iD3 (Molecular Devices) multimode (UV/Vis, fluorescence, luminescence) microplate reader (shared, 2021)
  • Shimadzu Biospec UV-1800 (8) (shared, 2016)
  • Hewlett Packard 8453 with 89090A diode-array detector (1997)
  • Cary 3 (1995)
  • Hewlett Packard 8452A with diode array detector and temp. controller (shared, 2014)
  • Agilent Cary 60 (Teprovich, 2017)
  • Thermo Scientific Genesys 20 (6) (shared, 2022)
  • Thermo Scientific BioMate 160 (Crowhurst, 2025)


Stopped-Flow UV/Visible

  • HiTech Scientific CU-61 (2000)


Fluorescence

  • Perkin Elmer LS55 w/microplate reader (Minehan, 2010)
  • SpectraMax iD3 (Molecular Devices) multimode (UV/Vis, fluorescence, luminescence) microplate reader (shared, 2021)
  • Edinburgh FS5 Spectrofluorometer with integrating sphere, circularly polarized luminescence, and fluorescent lifetime capabilities (Teprovich, 2018)
  • Perkin Elmer FL 6500 (shared, 2022)


FT-IR

  • Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100 (1) (shared, 2010)
  • Perkin Elmer Spectrum Two (shared, 2012)
  • Veeco/Bruker Vertex 70 FTIR with external optics (Garrett, 2015)
  • Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS10 (2) (shared and Teprovich, 2025)


FT-IR/Raman

  • Raman Plus Spectrometer System (shared, 2022)


Atomic Absorption


Gamma-Ray

  • Canberra InSpector gamma ray counting system (1995)
  • Canberra instrinic germanium detector gamma ray counting system (1995)
  • Canberra NaI(Tl) 3 x 3 well detector (1995)


Dynamic Light Scattering

  • Brookhaven Instruments Nanobrook Omni particle sizer and zeta-potential analyzer (Teprovich, 2018)
  • Edinburgh FS5 Spectrofluorometer with integrating sphere, circularly polarized luminescence, and fluorescent lifetime capabilities

  • Zeiss Axioskop 40 (Fischhaber, 2008)
  • Zeiss Imager M2 with Hamamatsu ORCA Flash 4.0 camera (Fischhaber, 2019)
  • Home-built hybrid upright-inverted microscope based on an Olympus IX71, coupled with a spectrograph (Horiba HR 320) and EMCCD (Andor Newton) for steady state photoluminescence studies (Boulesbaa 2017)
  • Olympus CKX53 (Woo, 2016)
  • Bruker Multimode V atomic force microscope (Garrett, 2010)

GC

  • Agilent 6850 (shared, 2008)
  • Agilent 7820A (5) (shared, 2012)
  • Agilent GC 7820A with 7697A headspace sampler (shared, 2014)
  • Agilent 8860 GC (shared, 2022)


HPLC

  • Perkin Elmer Flexar LC with diode-array detector (shared, 2010)
  • Hewlett Packard 1100 gradient HPLC system with G1313A autosampler and G1315A diode-array detector (1998)
  • Waters 510 solvent delivery system with 431 conductivity detector (1995)
  • Agilent 1220 (2) (shared, 2023)


FPLC

  • Akta (GE Healthcare) w/ UV detector & fraction collector (Crowhurst, 2007)


Ion

  • Dionex ICS-1500 (2003)

Conventional floor

  • Beckman Avanti J-E (2) (shared, 2008 & 2012)
  • rotors: 2 x JA-20 (shared), JLA-16.25 (shared), JLA-10.5 (Crowhurst)


Conventional benchtop

  • Sorval Biofuge Primo R (refrigerated, shared, 2007)
  • Thermo MultiRF (refrigerated, Crowhurst, 2007)
  • Eppendorf 5417R (refrigerated, Fischhaber 2010)
  • Fisher Brand 96-well Plate Centrifuge (Woo, 2019)
  • Thermo Scientific Speed Vac SPD121P w/vapor trap and pump (Woo, 2016)

  • Applied Biosystems 2720 (Crowhurst, 2007)
  • Eppendorf Mastercycler EP gradient S (Fischhaber, 2005)
  • Eppendorf Mastercycler X50S (Fischhaber, 2018)
  • Cepheid Smart Cycler II (Medh, 2004)
  • Bio-Rad CFX96 Touch (Woo, 2019)

  • New Brunswick Scientific BioFlo 115 benchtop fermentor (Crowhurst, 2009)
  • New Brunswick Scientific I-24 orbital shaking incubator (Crowhurst, 2007)
  • Amerex Gyromax 737 (shared, 2005)
  • Amerex Gyromax 727 (Fischhaber, 2007)
  • Amerex Gyromax 737R (refrigerated, Fischhaber, 2014)
  • Amerex Gyromax 737R (refrigerated, Fischhaber, 2020)
  • Panasonic MC-170AICUV CO2 Incubator (Woo, 2016)

  • Microcal HT microcalorimeter with autsampler AutoITC (Minehan, 2015)

  • Bio-Logic VMP3 multi-channel (8) electrochemical workstation with EIS capability (Teprovich, 2018)
  • BASi Epsilon Eclipse potentiostat (shared, 2025)
  • BASi Epsilon Eclipse rotating disc electrode (shared, 2025)

  • Phase-R DL1100 flash-lamp pumped dye laser (1992)
  • Oriel QTH and Xe arc lamp sources
  • Nicolet 400 digital (10 ns/pt) oscilloscope

  • L3 Communications ELAC Nautik (2) (1999)

  • Continuum Surelite II-10 Nd/YAG (Boulesbaa, 2006)
  • Continuum Minilite II Nd/YAG (Boulesbaa, 2006)
  • Coherent Astrella Ti:sapphire femtosecond amplifier (35 fs pulse width) (Boulesbaa, 2017)
  • Coherent TOPAS Prime optical parametric amplifier (1100 to 1600 nm) (Boulesbaa, 2017)
  • Coherent OperaSolo optical parametric amplifier (1600 to 5000 nm) (Boulesbaa, 2017)

  • Siemens D500 powder X-ray diffractometer (Teprovich, 2020)

  • Gel Documentation: Bio-Rad ChemiDoc XRS (shared, 2018)
  • Autoclave (benchtop): Tuttnauer Heidolph Brinkmann EAP 3870 (shared, 2021)
  • Ultra-low temperature (-80C) freezers: VWR (2) (shared, 2015), and New Brunswick U535 Innova (Fischhaber, 2015)

  • Magnetic Susceptibility Balance: Johnson Matthey (2)
  • Liquid Scintillation Counter: Beckman 6500 (1999)
  • Thermal Analysis: Shimadzu thermogravimetric TGA 50 (shared, 2003)
  • Vigor SciLab Single Station Glovebox with -35C freezer x 2 (Teprovich, 2018)