Science Facilities and Resources

Florham Campus

The department provides students with access to modern chemical instrumentation and on-line journals, which are critical to a complete education.

Instrumentation

The department has a wide assortment of modern instrumentation at the Florham Campus, seldom found in a small-college environment. These are the same instruments used in industry and larger universities.  The instruments listed below are available for undergraduate research and all students are encouraged to become familiar with most of them. The Science Building is wired to the University LAN and wireless access (Tsunami) is available throughout the building and Campus.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry

  • Bruker Avance III 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

  • Thermo-Electron Focus DSQ GC-MS
  • Hewlett-Packard Model 5971 MS on a HP 5890-Series II GC

Gas Chromatography

  • 2 x Hewlett-Packard 5890A with FID
  • SRI Model 310C with TCD (detector)
  • SRI Model 6810C with FID / H2 carrier, H2 flame, internal air compressor
  • 2 x SRI  PeakSimple 333 Data Systems (64 bit)
  • 2 x Parker Balston H2-90 and H2-PEM-100 Hydrogen Generators

Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry

  • 2 x HP-Agilent Model 8453 with PDA
  • HP-Agilent Model 8452 with PDA detector
  • Ocean Optics Fiber Optic UV-Vis-NIR
  • USB 4000 with MikroPak DH2000 Light Source

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

  • 2 x Dionex P680 Pump with PDA-100
  • Dionex LC20 with autosampler, GP40 Gradient Pump with AD20 Absorbance, and ED40 Electrochemical Detectors

Fluorescence Spectrophotometry

  • Hitachi F-2500

Polarimeters (ORD – optical rotatory dispersion)

  • Rudolph Autopol IV Six Wavelength Automatic Polarimeter
  • Perkin-Elmer Model 241 (5 wavelengths)

FT Infrared Spectrophotometers

  • ThermoElectron Nicolet FT-IR with MIRACLE ATR Attachment

Flash Photolysis

  • UltraFast Systems / Kronos Flash Photolysis Spectrometer

Electrochemical Analyzer

  • eDAQ Potentiostat 466 System

Raman Spectrometer

  • MicroPhotonics LRS-II/III Laser Raman/Fluorescence Spectrophotometer

Lasers

  • 2 x Continuum tunable dye lasers

Goniometer

  • Rame Hart Contact Angle Goniometer

Calorimeter

  • Parr Model 1451 Semimicro Solution Calorimeter with 1421 Bomb Conversion

Magnetic Susceptibility

  • 2 x Alfa Aesar Magnetic Susceptibility Balance

Gel Plate Reader

  • UVP Gel Doc-it Darkroom

Metropolitan Campus

The department provides students with access to modern chemical instrumentation and on-line journals, which are critical to a complete education.

Instrumentation

The Department has a wide assortment of modern instrumentation at the Metro Campus.  The instruments listed below are available for undergraduate courses and research so that all science students have access.  Additional instrumentation is available on the Florham Campus; cross-campus collaboration is encouraged.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry

  • Anasazi/Varian EM360

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

  • QMass 910 P/E MS

Gas Chromatography

  • Gow-Mac Series 400
  • PIE Autosystem GC

Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry

  • Lambda 35 P/E
  • Lambda 20 P/E

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

  • Hitachi Primaide

FT Infrared Spectrophotometer

  • Spectrum Two FTIR P/E
  • ATR Attachment

Atomic Absorption/Emission

  • Buck Scientific Model 210

Gel Plate Reader

  • CBioTek Instruments Cytation 1 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader
    • filter/dichroic fluorescence intensity
    • time-resolved fluorescence
    • fluorescence polarization
    • filtered luminescence and UV-Vis absorbance
  • Microplate Reader – Synergy
    • Microplate Spectro.-  BioTek

Thermofisher Biosafety Hood for class 2 microorganisms

Fisherbrand Microbead Sterilizer

Digital Polarimeter

  • Atago

Electrochemical Analyzer

  • Epsilon chemical station

Rheology Measurement

  • Brookfield/Ametek DV2T Touch Screen Viscometer