Research Facilities

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Cal State Fullerton supports a number of Research Facilities that provide access to high-end instrumentation analysis.

The following is a broad overview of various instruments in the Department:

Spectrophotometers

• UV-Vis
  • Shimadzu, UV-2450
• UV-Vis-NIR
  • JASCO, V-770
• Fluorescence
  • SpectraMax, M4
• FT-Infrared
  • Thermo Sci, Summit X 
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
  • Bruker, 400 MHz
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
  • Anasazi, EFT-90
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
  • Duratech, ASP MINI
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) 
  • Agilent, 5800 ICP-OES

Mass Spectrometers

• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)
  • Agilent, 7890A
• High Resolution Mass Spectrometer (liquid chromatograph tandem mass spectrometer (Q-LCMS/MS)
  • ThermoFisher binary UPLC coupled to a Quadrupole Exactive Focus Orbitrap, Ultimate 3000

X-Ray Diffraction

• Powder Diffraction Cu Kalpha source
  • Rigaku Miniflex Benchtop Powder XRD
• Powder diffractometer Cu Kalpha
  • Bruker D8 Advance

Chromatography

• Liquid Chromatography (LC)
  • Shimadzu, 2050
• Gas Chromatography (GC)
  • Bruker, Scion 436
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
  • Shimadzu, LC2030
• Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC)
  • GE AKTA Pure

Calorimetry

• Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
  • TA Nano

Other Instruments

• Dynamic Light Scattering
• Gamma Counters
• Potentiostats for Electrochemical Measurements
• Cluster and Distributed Computing Resources for Biomolecular Modeling
• High Speed Centrifuges
• Gel Imaging
• Shakers Incubator
• PCR
• Atomic Force Microscope
  • Nanosurf Core AFM + Isostage 300, AE-350
• Compact Microwave Labstation
  • Ethos LEAN
• TMA/SDTA2+ thermomechanical analyzer
  • Mettler Toledo

Common Chemistry Equipment

• Gel documentation system
• Master Cycler PCR gradient thermocycler
• UV-Vis spectrophotometers
• NanoDrop Spectrophotometer
• Nanopure water
• pH meters 
• Electronic Balances 
• Ice Machines 
• Microcentrifuges 
• Spectromax multi-mode plate reader 
• Table top shakers 
• NANO-ITC isothermal titration calorimeter 
• -20 °C and -80 °C freezer space
• Walk in cold room 
• Autoclaves 
• Lyophilizer
• High-Speed floor centrifuges 
• Water baths 
• Floor model Shaker/incubators 
• Glassware washer
• Liquid scintillation counter