Resources

Laboratory Equipment

The equipment in the Department is generally available for use by all graduate students and faculty. Usually, it is maintained by a particular research group or one of the Departmental Technicans. The operation and care of equipment is considered integral to the education of graduate students.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers *Click Link to View a Photo

    • GN 500 MHz NMR (multinuclear), 2D, variable temperature and Sun workstation for all nuclei. 
    • QE 300 MHz NMR, 2D, variable temperature for proton and carbon. 
    • Bruker WM-400 MHz NMR (quad probe), 2D, variable temperature 
    • Varian 60 MHz for proton and fluorine. 

Infrared Spectrophotometers

    • Digilab FTS-40 FT-IR 
    • Nicolet 670
    • Nicolet 20SX FT-IR variable temperature. 
    • Mattson Cygnus 100 FT-IR with mid, near and far IR optics 
    • Mattson 4020 and 4040 FT-IT spectrometers for routine midrange use (3) 

Mass Spectrometers

    • Hewlett-Packard 6890 GC-MS
    • Hewlett-Packard 5995c GC-MS

Ultraviolet Spectrometers

    • Hewlett-Packard 8450 UV/VIS 
    • Perkin Elmer 330 variable temperature with P-E 3600 Data Station 
    • Perkin Elmer P4  
    • Jasco V570 UV-VIS-NIR

Raman Spectrometers

    • Laser Raman Spectrometer with microprobe and variable temperature attachments 
    • FT-Raman Spectrometer, variable temperature and pressure attachments  

Fluorescence Spectrometers

    • Molecular Fluorescence Spectrometer MPF66 
    • Jobin Yvon Fluoromax2
    • Jasco FP-750

Gas Chromatographs

    • Buck Scientific 910 (polar column)
    • Buck Scientific 910 (nonpolar column)

Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectrophotometers

    • Buck Scientific Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectrophotometer (2) Model 200-A

Other Major Equipment

    • Bruker EMX-200R Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer variable temperature (10K-600K), field frequency controller, programmable gaussmeter and IBM 9000 computer system. 
    • Enraf Nonius CAD-4 Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer variable temperature capabilities. 
    • Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer 
    • Instron model 1122 Mechanical Tester, computer controlled. 

Ultrafast Lasers

    • The department has one of the largest collections of ultrafast lasers, based on Ti:sapphire Oscillators and Regenerative Amplifiers, as well as Optical Parametric Amplifiers, in the Mid-Atlantic region.  These laser are used in CAPR and the Borguet, Dai, Levis, and Stanley groups.

Computer Facilities

The Chemistry Department has its own computing laboratories with several Silicon Graphics and Sun workstations as well as Mac and PC facilities. The Department is networked with central university computing facilities which include IBM and Digital mainframe equipment.


The Chemistry Library

All materials contained in the Chemistry collection are housed in Paley Library , the Library Depository, and the Science, Engineering and Architecture (SEAL) Library .

Temple's library system employs state-of the art technology and provides access to more than 3 million volumes, 27,000 journal subscriptions, more than 350 electronic research databases, and over 10,000,000 original manuscripts and photographs.


Additional Facilities

The Department has excellent facilities for analytical and preparative gas and high pressure liquid chromatography and is serviced by a very fine storeroom. There is a full-time support staff of several research and computer technicians who maintain the major instruments within the Department. The Chemistry Department also maintains a well-equipped and well-staffed glassblowing shop.