Major Instrumentation
Center
The Department
of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at RPI has recognized
that the availability of sophisticated, yet reliable, state-of-the-art
chemical instrumentation is a necessary ingredient of modern
chemical research. Towards this end the Department of Chemistry
& Chemical Biology has obtained sophisticated instrumentation
to support a wide variety of graduate research programs. All
of these instruments are used by students and faculty in a
"hands-on" way. Training is available from experienced
faculty and staff and instrumentation is available 24 hours
a day. The department has had a long-standing tradition of
obtaining grants from the National Institutes of Health, the
National Science Foundation and other external donors for
the acquisition of state-of-the-art instrumentation for scientific
research.
The Major Instrumentation
Center is currently directed by Dr.
Herbert M. Schwartz.
The goals of the
Major Instrumentation Center (MIC) are:
Primary policy
decisions concerning the administration and operations of
the MIC are made by a faculty committee in consultation with
the Director of the MIC and the Chemistry Department Chairman.
Most of the instrumentation (along with operator services)
are available on a charge-for-service basis. Further detailed
information can be obtained from the Director (518) 276-6779
or by email (schwah@rpi.edu).
The center currently
maintains the following instrumentation:
NMR
A Varian
Unity 500 (500 MHz) FT-NMR spectrometer with variable
temperature, multinuclear and two-dimensional capability provide
state-of-the-art equipment for solution NMR measurement.
A Varian
Unity INOVA 300 (300 MHz) and a Varian GEMINI
2000 (200 MHz) also provide additional solution NMR
services.
Chemagnetics
CMX-360 (360 MHz) FT-NMR dedicated to solid state
measurements provides capabilities for magic angle spinning,
static high power experiments, and multipulse methods such
as CRAMPS.
NMR
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