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Facilities of the Chemistry Department

Chemical instrumentation has become an essential component of both teaching and research in modern chemistry. Few medium-sized universities nationwide can match the extensive collection of state-of-the-art chemical instrumentation currently in use in the Chemistry Department at Marshall. The acquisition of the instruments listed below has allowed the university to provide a technologically capable environment for teaching chemistry and for carrying out research in the chemical sciences. Current holdings are shown below.

Libraries

• John Holland Hoback Chemistry Library (within the Chemistry Department)
• John Deaver Drinko Library for Chemistry book collection and other scientific journals
• Health Sciences Library for journals at the interface of biology and chemistry

Computational Facilities

• PQS Quantum Cube QS16-200C-064 16 processor computational cluster (2005)
• Software includes Molpro 2006, Gaussian 98, PQS 3.3, Psi 3.2, Aces 2 (Mainz-Austin-Budapest version), NWChem 5.0, Q-Chem, MSI Discover and Insight, GAMESS, HyperChem, Chem 3D Pro, MathCad, Excel, etc.

Optical Spectroscopy Instrumentation

• 2 Cary 50 Bio UV-Vis Spectrophotometers (2006)
• Nicolet 380 FTIR (2006)
• MIDAC Series M FTIR (1990)
• Varian SpectrAA-600 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer with a GTA-100 Zeeman Graphite Furnace (1994)
• Varian Liberty 110 ICP-AES (1994)
• ISS PC1 Photon Counting Spectrofluorimeter (2004)
• SPEX Fluorolog III lifetime fluorimeter (1998)
• OLIS DSM-CD Circular Dichroism spectrophotometer w/ dual beam absorption and total fluorescence capabilities (1999)
• LSI N2 Laser w/ ORIEL 0.25 m monochrometer and associated optics on optics table (1998)
• Diamond Anvil Cell (1989)

Imaging Instrumentation

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

• Varian Unity+ 500 MHz (2001)
• Anasazi Instruments EFT 60 MHz FT NMR with ¹H and ¹³C capability

Mass Spectrometry

• Bruker BiFlex III w/ Scout 384 Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometer (1999)
• Finnigan LCQ w/ Electrospray and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (1999)
• Varian Saturn 2000 GC-MS with Flame Ionization Detector and Electron Impact and Chemical Ionization (1999)

Separations

• Micro-Tech 2-D Ultra-Plus micro HPLC and CE/CEC (2001)
• Varian 3800 GC w/ FID and MSD (1999).
• Genomic Solutions Investigator 5000 Gel Electrophoresis System (1999).
• 3 Varian Gas Chromatographs (1995).
• Applied Biosystems 130A HPLC.
• Hewlet Packard 1090 Liquid Chromatograph (1985) w/ Hewlett-Packard Chemstation Controller (1994).

Miscellaneous Instrumentation and Equipment

• SAVANT SC110 Speed Vac (1999).
• Eppendorf 5418 Microcentrifuge (2007)
• Beckman Coulter Allegra 64R Centrifuge (2004)
• SAVANT uSpeedFridge SFR13K refrigerated micro centrifuge (1999).
• BARNSTEAD NANOpure Infinity water purifaction (1998).
• Oxford LHe Cryostat (1997).
• CTI Cryopump (1995).
• PAR Adiabatic Calorimeter (1995).
• LECO Sulfur Analyser (1995).
• Variable Temperature Magnetic Susceptibility Apparatus (1992).
• EG&G PAR VersaStat Model 250-1 Electrochemical Analysis system (1992).
• Vacuum Atmospheres glovebox equipped with an HE-493 dri-train (1989)