Spectroscopy and Kinetics Unit
THE UNIT IN 2014
The Spectroscopy and Kinetics Unit provides ICIQ researchers with technical support in different spectroscopic techniques as well as in kinetic reaction mechanisms studies. The Unit gives support in the design of the experiment, the data treatment and the fitting of the kinetic data.
In 2014 the Unit started working with the Omnical Calorimeter (formerly belonging to another Unit) to follow reactions through their heat flow. Also ,a new device to monitor reactions in the middle Infrared range was acquired: A ReactIR 15 from Mettler Toledo.
Finally, a new routine FTIR spectrometer was acquired: The Cary 630 from Agilent with an ATR and a transmission accessory to measure liquid samples at different pathlenghts.
MOST IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT
- Two Fluorimeters: Fluorolog from Horiba Jobin Yvon and Aminco-Bowman Series 2from ThermoNicolet.
- Spectrophotometer Lambda 1050 from Perkin Elmer for the entire UV/Vis/NIR range.
- Three spectrophotometers UV-Vis from Shimadzu.
- FT-IR 5700 Spectrometer with FTRaman Module from ThermoNicolet.
- FT-IR Spectrometer Vertex 70v from BRUKER.
- FT-IR Spectrometer Alpha from BRUKER.
- Polarimeter P-1030 from Jasco.
- Circular Dichroism Spectrometer Chirascan from Applied Photophysics.
- Fast Mixing Stopped Flow Module SFM300 from Bio-Logic.
- Lifetime Fluorimeter LifeSpec II from Edinburgh Instruments.
- Microplate reader FLUOstar Omega from BMG Labtech.
- Raman Spectrometers i-Raman from BWTEK with 532 nm and 785 nm excitation lasers.
- React IR 4000from Mettler Toledo.
- Super CRC from Omnicaltech.