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Equipment

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Schlenk Lines

We have 7 fume hoods equipped with Schlenk Lines for air-free synthesis.

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Solvent Purification System

Our solvent purification system  delivers five dry and deoxygenated solvents and features direct plumbing to an adjacent glovebox.

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Double Glovebox

In addition to direct plumbing of five dry solvents, our double glovebox features a feedthrough for electrochemical experiments and fiber optics plus a cuvette holder for UV-Vis spectroscopy.

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Single Glovebox

Our newer single glovebox features a -20°C freezer and a cold well.

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Potentiostats & Electrochemical Work Stations

We have 3 potentiostats (1 BioLogic and 2 CH Instruments) along with associated workstations for gas delivery. We also have a selection of commercial and home-built gas-tight electrochemical cells for spectro-electrochemistry and bulk electrolysis.

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Mass Flow Controllers

Three mass flow controllers are available to create gas mixtures on demand.

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Gas Chromatograph

Our SRI Gas Chromatograph is used for headspace gas analysis, either in batch- or flow mode.

Gas-tight electrochemical cells (built in-house) enable these measurements.

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Gold Sputter Coater

We make use of an in-house argon plasma sputter coater to deposit thin layers of gold for ATR-SEIRAS experiments.

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Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (eQCM)

The eQCM uses frequency modulations of an oscillating sensor surface to determine mass lost/gained as a function of applied potential. Our system is temperature controlled and appropriate for both aqueous and organic solutions

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Bruker Vertex 80 FT-IR Spectrometer

This spectrometer is equipped with an MCT detector and variable angle-of-incidence accessory for ATR-SEIRAS, as well as specialized electronics for rapid-scan and step-scan experiments down to ~10 ns time resolution.

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Nd:YAG Laser + OPO

A pulsed Nd:YAG laser and associated OPO enables generation of UV (355 nm) or visible (400-700 nm) light pulses to trigger time-resolved FT-IR experiments. 

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Purge Gas Generator

This compressor and purge gas generator system removes water and carbon dioxide from ambient air to provide a constant purge of the FT-IR optical bench.

The equipment above was generously supported through funding from the following agencies and organizations:

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