Research
Instrumentation Available at NMT

The department maintains a full complement of modern analytical instrumentation. Some of the major instruments located in the department include:

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

  • SO2, NOx, O3, CO Analyzers
  • Shimadzu TOC-V Carbon and Nitrogen Analyzer
  • Perkin Elmer Pyris Diamond Differential Scanning Calorimeter
  • Aerosol Speciation Samplers
  • Perkin Elmer 3000XL ICP-OES


Spectroscopy

  • Hewlett Packard 8453 UV/VIS
  • Nicolet Avator 360 FTIR
  • JEOL: Eclipse+300 NMR Spectrometer
  • Bruker-Avance 400 NMR spectrometer
  • Jobin-Yvon Fluoromax-3 Spectrofluorometer
  • PTI C60/2000 Spectrofluorometer
  • Autopol III Automatic Polarimeter
  • Perkin Elmer Analyst 100 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer


Chromatography

  • Varian 3800: Saturn 2000 GC/MS
  • Waters:  440 HPLC
  • Agilent Technologies 1200 HPLC
  • Shimadzu GC 17A
  • Biorad: Liquid Chromatograph
  • Perkin Elmer HGA400 Graphite Furnace
  • Metrohm Peak: 790 Ion Chromatograph


Biochemistry

  • Metrohm Peak: 790 Ion Chromatograph
  • cell culture facility with 4 laminar airflows (Envirco Corporation), 3 CO2 incubators (NAPCO 5400, Sheldon 2310-3503) and a Stabil Therm Blue M sterilizer
  • Revco Ultima II freezer (-150ºC) for cell line storage
  • Nikon microscope with digital camera
  • Cell Lab QuantaTM SC MPL (Beckman Coulter)
  • BD FACSCalibur (BD Biosciences)
  • Epichemi3 Darkroom (UVP Bioimaging Systems)
  • Leica DMI 3000B fluorescent microscope and a DFC310 FX digital color camera