Equipment - Logue Lab

Dedicated Equipment

  • Agilent GCMS system with Gerstel Multiple Sampling System (MPS). Agilent 5975C mass spectrometer and 7890 gas chromatograph. MPS sampler configured for thermal desorption, headspace, twister and liquid sampling.
  • Agilent GCMS system with autosampler. Agilent 5975 inert source mass spectrometric detector with Agilent 6890 gas chromatograph.
  • Agilent 1200 HPLC system with (left stack from bottom to top) quaternary pump, membrane degasser, solvent tray, (right stack bottom to top) chiller, autosampler, multi-wavelength UV detector and fluorometer.
  • Agilent 1100 HPLC system with (from bottom to top) fluorescence detector, multi-wavelength UV-Vis detector, autosampler, quaternary pump, membrane degasser and solvent tray.
  • Metrohm IC system with (from left to right and top to bottom) autosampler, column compartment, conductivity detector, interface, pump, pump, suppressor module.
  • Horiba Scientific Fluoromax-4 Spectrofluorometer
  • Raman Systems R3000-QE portable Raman spectrometer with fiber optic probe.
  • Gamry Reference-600 Potentiostat for electrochemical analysis.
  • Labconco centrifugal evaporation system with cold trap (right module).
  • Jasco UV-Vis Spectrophotometer.
  • Glove Box (6 ft).
  • Labconco Waterpro PS analytical grade water purification system.
  • Fisher brand -40oC upright freezer.
  • Revco brand -80oC upright freezer.
  • Large refrigerator/freezer unit.
  • Solid-Phase Microextraction (SPME) apparatus.
  • Solid Phase Extraction vacuum manifold.
  • AND brand analytical balance.
  • Fiber optic illuminator for DSSCs.
  • Variety of multimeters (i.e., handheld and desktop).
  • Variety of sample preparation equipment: shakers/vortexers, block heaters, microcentrifuge, pH meter, nitrogen evaporators, pipets, sonicators, rotary evaporators, homogenizer and hot plates.
  • Large glassware oven.

Departmental Equipment (available after initial training):

  • AB SCIEX 5500 Q-trap LCMSMS system with a Shimadzu Prominence UHPLC system.
  • AB SCIEX Q-star (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer.
  • Thermo LTQ.
  • Kratos high-resolution mass spectrometer with GC, HPLC, pyrolysis, FAB and continuous-flow FAB sample introduction capabilities and EI, CI or FAB sample ionization capabilities, positive- or negative-ion detection capabilities and an ESI-FTMS and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometers
  • Varian Saturn GC/MS system with EI and CI capabilities.
  • A spectroscopy lab with near-, mid- and far-IR capabilities including DRIFT and CIR sample presentation capabilities, fluorescence and time-resolved fluorescence spectrometers and scanning and diode-array UV-Vis spectrophotometers.
  • Two solid-sate NMR spectrometers: a 200 MHz spectrometer and a 400 MHz spectrometer with variable-temperature probe.
  • 200 MHz and 400 MHz high-resolution solution NMRs.

Accessible Equipment (from collaborations):

  • Scanning Electron Microscope (Hitachi S3400N-II). Can image at high vacuum and sub-atmospheric pressure; can image features of 3 nm under ideal conditions; EDX attachment that can take elemental profiles of SEM images.
  • Atomic Force Microscopes (Park Scientific AutoProbe CP and an Agilent System). Can image features of 1 nm and is capable of imaging solid samples in contact, non-contact and intermittent contact modes).
  • Automated Dionex Accelerated Solvent Extraction systems (2) and a Supercritical Fluid Extraction system.
  • Rainin gradient HPLC systems (2) with radiochemical, refractive index, fluorescence and UV-Vis detectors.
  • Size-exclusion chromatograph with an evaporative light scattering detector.
  • Micro/nanoelectronics fabrication facility.
  • Agilent UV-Vis spectrophotometer.
  • Thermo Nicholet IR system.
  • Micromeritics ASAP 2000 surface area analyzer.

Facilities

  • Three laboratories (480 square feet each).
  • Nine dedicated laboratory computers.
  • Eight fume hoods.