For the organic synthesis, the necessary basic appliances are available.
Major equipments include:
Atomic force microscope (Agilent Technologies, model 5420)
Aapptec Apex-369 automated peptide synthesizer (Aapptec LLC)
Fluorolog-3 spectrofluorimeter (Jobin Yvon Horiba)
UV-vis spectrophotometer (Agilent Technologies, Cary Series)
S2000-FL minispectrofluorimeter (Ocean Optics, for optical fiber fluorescence measurements)
Langmuir troughs (6), (Kibron and KSV)
Langmuir-Blodgett troughs for film deposition (1), (Kibron model μtrough-S)
UV-Vis diode array spectrophotometer (HP, fitted for air-water interface measurements)
Bruker FT-IR spectrophotometer (Equinox55) with accessories for ATR, Bio-ATR, Confocheck cell and variable angle reflection FT-IR and reflection-absorption IR (IRRAS) directly at the air-water interface
Circular dichroism spectrophotometer (Jasco model J-810)
Beckman L7-8- ultracentrifuge
Büchi rotavapor (2), (model R-114)
Lyophylizer (freeze-dryer)
Electronic balances and pH meters
Brewster angle microscope (Nippon System)
Department shared instrumentation:
300, 400 and 500 MHz NMRs
400 MHz solid state NMR
Several dispersive and Fourier-transformed IRs
VG Trio-2000 mass spectrometer (FAB, EI, CI, DCI, GC inlets)
Bruker Maldi-TOF mass spectrometer
Spex Fluoromax fluorimeter, two Hewlett-Packard 8452A diode array spectrophotometers, one
Shimadzu scanning spectrophotometer
Perkin-Elmer UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer
X-ray diffractometer
