Equipment
Acea Novocyte Flow Cytometers
Acea Novocyte 2060 Flow Cytometer NovoCyte is a high-performance benchtop flow cytometer designed for all levels of users and all types of laboratories. The instrument can detect up to 17 parameters with enhanced sensitivity and resolution. The customizable...
AntonPaar DLS
Model: Litesizer DLS 100 Particle size measurements from the nanometer to the micrometer range DLS back scatter detection ensures broad concentration range Automatic measurement modes Continuous transmittance measurement The Litesizer DLS series characterizes...
Applied Biosystems RT-PCR
Applied Biosystems 7300 Real Time PCR System The 7300 Real-Time PCR System combines thermal cycling, fluorescence detection, and application-specific software to measure the cycle-by-cycle accumulation of PCR products in a single-tube, homogeneous reaction. •...
Carbon M1 3D Printer
Carbon M1 3D Printer Prototyping and production at small volumes Offering the same speed, accuracy, and reliability as the larger M2 printer, the M1 enables any company to unlock the benefits of producing parts using the groundbreaking Carbon Digital Light Synthesis™...
CEM Microwave Synthesizer
CEM Discover 2.0 Microwave Synthesizer The Discover® 2.0 is the premier microwave reactor for performing any organic or inorganic synthetic chemistry. Featuring a best-in-class 300 mL single-mode microwave cavity and intuitive software with a 10" touchscreen...
CEM Peptide Synthesizer
CEM Liberty Blue Peptide Synthesizer The Liberty Blue™ 2.0 is an ultra-efficient microwave peptide synthesizer, delivering high-quality peptides with record low waste generation and synthesis times. Through partnering CEM's patented and published No-Wash...
Krüss Drop Shape Analyzer
Krüss Drop Shape Analyzer, DSA25S The Standard version of the DSA25 Drop Shape Analyzer measures the static or dynamic contact angle with high precision and can also be used to determine the surface free energy by carrying out measurements with several liquids. The...
Leica Confocal Microscope
Leica Stellaris 5 Confocal Microscope The Power HyD detector family provides higher photon detection efficiency (PDE)* extremely low dark noise, and sensitive spectral detection from 410 to 850 nm. STELLARIS unique TauSense technology allows you to extract an extra...
Malvern Nanosight
Malvern Nanosight NS300 The Malvern Panalytical NanoSight NS300 Instrument provides an easy-to-use, reproducible platform for nanoparticle characterization. The NS300 allows rapid, automated analysis of the size distribution and concentration of all types of...
PPT Solvent Purification System
Pure Process Technology Solvent Purification System The Pure Process Technology Solvent Purification System consistently delivers the driest solvent. We offer the best in safe, quality components for purification of organic solvents. Ensures lowest PPM levels of water...
TA Instrument Rheometer
TA Instrument DHR3 Rheometer A rheometer measures the deformation and flow behavior of materials. The TA Instruments Discovery Hybrid Rheometer is a highly advanced and versatile instrument. It combines a patented drag cup motor, a second generation magnetic bearing,...
Tosoh EcoSEC GPCs
Tosoh EcoSEC 8320 GPC HLC-8320GPC is a dedicated size exclusion chromatography (SEC) system equipped with the functions necessary for SEC analysis. And the GPC Workstation EcoSEC-WS gives full control of the main unit, enabling molecular mass analysis with...
Facilities
Advanced Materials Characterization Laboratory (AMCL)
Director: Gerald Poirier
- X-ray diffraction and scattering (wide-/small-angle) with in situ shear cells, liquids cells, tensile testing, heating/cooling, and electrochemistry
- Dynamic mechanical analysis (oscillatory shear and tensile testing)
- Thermal analysis (calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis), autosampler, tunable atmosphere (air vs. inert gas)
- Scanning near-field optical microscope
- Enables characterization of structure from nanoscale to macroscale computation/experiment fidelity
UD Nanofabrication Facility (UDNF)
Director: Iulian Codreanu
- Fully-equipped and professionally-staffed 8500 ft2 (Class 100 and 1000) nanofabrication facility.
- Capabilities include:
- 100 kV electron-beam lithography (features as small as 10 nm)
- laser-write lithography for rapid prototyping
- ion milling with SIMS end-point detection, which is critical for hybrid materials in IRG 2
- Enables fabrication of test structures that allow control and characterization of transduction as well as devices to demonstrate emergent THz functionalities.
- Capabilities include:
Keck Center for Advanced Microscopy and Microanalysis (CAMM)
Director: Gerald Poirier
- Auriga 60 CrossBeam (focused ion beam [FIB]/field-emission scanning electron microscope [FE-SEM])
- Talos F200C (200 kV FE-TEM with topography, cryogenic-TEM capabilities, Hummingbird accessories for real-time TEM)
- Aberration-corrected TEM
- Dimension-3100 V scanning probe microscope (SPM)
- Multimode NanoScope V SPM
- Enables detailed investigation of the interfaces and nanostructures vital to fundamental science advances in IRGs 1 and 2
Mass Spectrometry Facility (MSLAB)
Manager: Papa Nii Asare-Okai
We are located in the Lammot du Pont Laboratory and provide analyses for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the entire university community. We are also a core facility of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.
At present we have a wide variety of instruments using EI, CI, FD, ESI, APCI and LIFDI for analyses in GC-MS, LC-MS, MS-MS modes.
- LC/MS and LC/MS/MS using Shimadzu LCMS 2020, Waters Q-TOF and Thermo Q-Exactive and Eclipse Orbitrap with Electrospray Ionization (ESI), FAIMS Pro Interface and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI).
- High resolution accurate mass measurement (HRMS) of organic and organometallic compounds using Waters GCT Premier equipped with Electron Impact (EI), Chemical Ionization (CI), Desorption Chemical Ionization (DCI), Field Ionization (FI), Field Desorption (FD) and Liquid Injection Field Desorption Ionization (LIFDI).
- GC-MS (low resolution EI only) using the Agilent 5973 system.
- MALDI analysis of proteins, oligonucleotides, nanoparticles, synthetic polymers and macromolecules.
- Mass directed prep purification is also available.
UD NMR Center (UDNMR)
Director: Steve Bai
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an essential tool for researchers across a wide range of disciplines, including drug development, polymer and plastics chemistry, biochemistry, nanotechnology, and materials engineering. NMR employs the same basic principles as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a critical tool for medical imaging of the human body. NMR is used by scientists to confirm they have made the correct material, determine the purity of a sample, determine the structure of a molecule of interest, and to study how molecules move.
- The University of Delaware NMR Center supports the research efforts of over 400 users from 58 research groups across 4 colleges and 11 departments at UD as well as multiple academic and industrial collaborators in the region. Currently, the Center is home to 9 NMR spectrometers ranging from 9.4 to 20.0 T (400-850 MHz) in magnetic field strength, with a full range of capabilities from solution to solid state to HR-MAS NMR, as well as an EPR spectrometer.
- Eight of the NMR instruments are housed in the 4,650 sq ft NMR Magnet Hall in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and are connected to a helium recovery system. One of these instruments is located in the APBio building on UD’s Star Campus. All these instruments are equipped with state-of-the-art probes for general and specialized applications to meet the needs of our diverse user group.