Tour

The chemistry department enjoys modern facilities in Burke Laboratories (built in 1992).

See the photos below, or, better yet, come for a visit.

Major Research Equipment (all available for hands-on use by qualified undergraduates):

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometers (including 300, 500 and 600 MHz instruments)

• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer

• Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometers (GC-MS)
• Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometers,including a high-resolution Bomem instrument
• Excimer, YAG, and Nitrogen Pumped Dye Lasers
• Isothermal Titration Calorimeters

• Molecular Graphics Systems
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
• Unix Workstations with Quantum Chemistry Software
• Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometer
• UV/Visible/NIR Spectrophotometers
• Ultracentrifuges
• Fluorimeter
• Gas Chromatographs
• High Performance Liquid Chromatographs (HPLCs), including chiral columns
• Cryogenic Matrix Isolation Apparatus
• Cyclic Voltammetry and Polarography Apparatus
• Inert-atmosphere Schlenk lines and Glove Boxes