Laboratory Space:
Contiguous labs and offices in the Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory (dedicated April, 1997):
980 ft² office space;
3300 ft² laboratory space;
17 fume hoods;
230 linear feet of bench space.

Spectroscopic and Photochemical Instrumentation:

Hitachi 3300 Double Monochromator UV‑vis Spectrophotometer with Constant Temperature Cell Housing and Diffuse Reflectance Integrating Sphere.

HP 8452A Diode Array UV-vis Spectrophotometer with Constant Temperature Sample Holder.

JobinYvonHoriba FluoroMax-3Spectrofluorometer.

Matrix Isolation Rig withLeybold-HeraeusClosed Cycle 8K Refrigerator.

Electrochemical Analysis Apparatus,BioanalyticalSystems CV51W.

2 Photochemistry rigs, 300W and 500 W Eimac compact Xe arcs with quartz optics and filters.

Microarray Printers and Microscopy Instrumentation:

Perkin-Elmer PiezoArrayer sub-nanoliter non-contact printer

36 Split-Pin Array contact printer

Optical/Fluorescence Microscope,Zeiss Axioskop with polarization analyzer and fluorescence optics.

Chromatographic Equipment:

Agilent6890/5973 Gas Chromatograph / Mass Spectrometer.

Waters 600E Multisolvent HPLC with Waters 996 Diode Array Detector.

Chromatotron CentrifugalPreparative Thin Layer Chromatograph.

Gas Flow Controllers and Heterogeneous Catalysis Microreactor:

8 MKS Mass Flow Controllers

Gas Mixing/Mass Flow Controllers, 4-channel readout/power supply, MKS Model 247.

DigitalBaratron Manometer

Flow Microreactor for Gas-Solid Heterogeneous Catalysis, interfaced to HP GC/MS

High Vacuum Line, Turbomolecular Pump and Penning Gauge,

Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Residual Gas Analyzer, Spectra #245-320.

Particle Sizing and Characterization:

Particle Counter and Sizer,Coulter Multisizer IIE, with computer interface.

Particle Sifter, ATM Sonic Sifter with Sieves.

QuantachromeNova 2200e Gas Adsorption Surface Area Apparatus.

Ultrasonic Equipment:

8 Sonics and Materials 500 - 600W, 20 kHz Immersion Ultrasonic Horns and Power Supplies with High Pressure Cells and Inert Atmosphere Cells.

Sonics andMaterials 40 kHz Immersion Ultrasonic Horn and Power Supply.

Ultrasonic Power Amplifiers; AR 700A1, 700 W, 10 kHz-1MHz; ENI AP400B, 400W,10 kHz-2MHz 2 Function Generators, HP 8904A 4 Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis rigs with tube furnaces and vacuum lines

Calibrated Hydrophone,Bruel&Kjaer8103 with Measuring Amplifier,Bruel&Kjaer2525

Needle Hydrophone,DapcoInd.

Digitizing Oscilloscopes, HP54111D and 54112D, 100 MHz

Sonoluminescence Equipment:

Sonoluminescence Rigs:

Princeton Instruments OpticalMultichannelAnalyzer with Spec-10:100B/LN CCD Array Detector.

0.5 m Acton Research 505F with 3 grating turret and 0.2 m Thermal-Jarrell AshMonochromators.

CCD Optical Spectrometer,JobinYvon-SpexTR190/CCD3000 system.

Image station for measurement of bubble dynamics.

Long distance video microscope.

Fiber optic illumination system,150 W illuminator PL-800.

CCD monochrome camera Sony XC-77 with video capture card/PC interface.

Inert Atmosphere Equipment:

Vacuum Atmospheres Double Length Inert Atmosphere Chamber with O₂ Monitor & MO-40 Dritrain

Vacuum Atmospheres Single Length Inert Atmosphere Chamber with O₂ Monitor, MO-20 Dritrain, interfaced with internal sonicator and cooling.

12 Dual Argon/Vacuum Manifolds with Airless Glassware.

20 Two-Stage Vacuum Pumps

High Vacuum Line, Diffusion Pump and Penning Gauge.

Computers and Graphics Equipment:

1 PC Server,2GHz with triplicate 120 GB RAID storage.

17 PC 2.5 GHz microcomputers (one per desk); 3 PC 1 GHz Microcomputers.

Silicon Graphics Indigo² Extreme graphics workstation, with Molecular Simulations molecular modeling software.

Other Laboratory Equipment:

6 RefrigeratedConstant Temperature Baths; Braun, Fisher.

NANOpureWater Purification System, Bioresearch Grade D4751.

Fisher Marathon 13K Centrifuge.

2 BuchiRotary Evaporators and VacuumLyophilzer, 12 Port.

4 MettlerAnalyticalandSartoriusAnalytical Top‑loading Balances.

6-Station Stainless Steel Solvent Purification (Alumina Column) Rig