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University of Louisville
Department of Chemistry
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Mailing address:
Department of Chemistry (502) 852-6798 (phone) (502) 852-8149 (fax) |
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Departmental Instrumentation |
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Linux network with six 4-processor and two 8-processor boxes running Gaussian, GAMESS, AMBER, CHARMM, PQS and other quantum chemistry, statistical chemistry and graphics codes. Additionally, there are Silicon Graphics computers running MSI molecules for computational chemistry, surface science, NMR and other applications. These include O2s and one Octane.
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Our Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) facility was upgraded in Fall 2000. The Bruker EMX EPR spectrometer (shown above) is a state of the art computer interfaced instrument, which is relatively simple to operate. For low-temperature measurements, the probe can be cooled with an Oxford Cyrostat with liquid nitrogen or liquid helium. Students performing research on transition metal complexes with unpaired electrons or organic radicals find this tool invaluable in their work. For more information on the Bruker EMX or for an introduction to EPR, visit the EPR Division of Bruker.
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The Department of Chemistry's nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility has recently taken delivery of a new state-of-the-art 3 channel UnityInova 500 MHz spectrometer complete with pulse field gradient capability, and upgraded its Bruker 500 MHz AMX system, pushing the NMR facility into the forefront of NMR research in the 21st century. In addition it houses a 90 MHz Fourier transform instrument dedicated to teaching and student use. Offline processing capabilities exist on several different computers and processing programs and will be tied in with the newly created departmental computing facility. The facility is maintained by Dr. Neal Stolowich and welcomes collaborations from within the University community as well as industrial partners in the Louisville area. For more information, look for our upcoming NMR home page or email Dr. Stolowich.
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MALDI-TOF Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. The department has acquired a PE Biosystems Voyager DE-Pro instrument for measuring molecular weights and obtaining other structural information.
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Fourier Transform-Ion Cyclotron Resonance-Mass Spectrometer (FT-ICR-MS) AP-MALDI-PDF
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Varian 800 MHz NMR An NMR spectrometer operating at 18.8T (800 MHz for protons) was funded through a $2.3M NSF/EPSCoR grant (P.I. Professor Richard Wittebort) and was installed in 2003 in the Molecular Imaging Research Center at the Brown Cancer Center. This system is used for the study of larger proteins and complexes using the TROSY technique. It is also equipped for solid-state (CP-MAS) NMR including a 32 mm NCN MAS probe.
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Macromolecular X-Ray Diffraction Our macromolecular x-ray diffraction instrumentation consists of a Rigaku RU-H3R rotating anode x-ray generator with an Osmic confocal optic system, a MarResearch MAR345 imaging plate area detector on a MAR dtb (desk-top beamline) base table, and a CryoIndustries cryogenic system. The detector is controlled by a Linux PC. Support instrumentation includes an Olympus stereomicroscope with a video camera and two Precision incubators.
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