Identification

Identification of a material often requires information about atomic arrangement as in the case of x-ray diffraction or chemical bonding as in the case of infrared or nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Instrumentation:

Optical / UV Spectroscopy

• Nikon/Cargill Eclipse E600 Polarizing Microscope with RI oils
• Varian Cary 50 UV-Vis Spectrometer
• Varian Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrometer
• JASCO J810 Circular Dichroism Spectropolarimeter Fluorimeter
• Varian Cary 5000 UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer
• Tsunami/Spectra-Physics Laser-Scanning Non-Linear Optical Imaging Microscope

Infrared Spectroscopy

• Bruker Tensor 27/Hyperion 2000 Microscope
• Varian 670/620 64x64 Focal Plane Array Microscope
• ThermoNicolet Nexus 870 IR Spectrometer
• ThermoNicolet Nexus 870 IR Spectrometer with PM-IRRAS
• Horiba Jobin Yvon LabRam 300 Raman Microscope
• Renishaw inVia Raman Microscope
• ThermoNicolet Nexus 670 Raman Spectrometer
• Jobin Yvon LabRamHR Raman Microscope
• Jobin Yvon Axial Raman Spectrometer
• P&P Optica Raman Spectrometer

Mass Spectrometery

• Varian 320TQ GC-MS/MS Triple Quad Mass Spectrometer
• Varian 500L LC-MS/MS Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer
• ThermoElectron Delta V Plus S Mass Spectrometer
• ThermoElectron Argus VI Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

• Varian Unity Inova 600 MHz NMR (Solid/Liq)
• Bruker Avance III 500 MHz NMR (Solid/Liq)
• Bruker Avance III 400 MHz NMR (Solids)
• Bruker Avance 300 MHz NMR (Liq)

Others

• Varian 725ES Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer
• Kratos Axis Ultra X-ray Photoelecton Spectrometer
• LC Vision LCAS I Liquid Crystal Test-Bed