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Department ofChemistry and Biochemistry

Facilities and Instrumentation

Facilities

The Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation will create classrooms, labs, research, study and office space for the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Science. This complex will bring together multiple departments to create a collaborative learning environment where students and faculty alike can benefit from the expertise of their peers. This 270,000 squarefoot building will be built on the site of the previous engineering and law buildings with a 4-story wing on the east side and 3-story wings on the north and south. The courtyard in the middle will open up towards Heafey Hall and Bergin Hall to create an interconnection between all of the STEM facilities.

More info on the Sobrato Campus Project

Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation construction shot

 

Instrumentation

Major Equipment in SCU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for Undergraduate Instruction and Research

Santa Clara University chemistry and biochemistry students work with excellent experimental facilities including a 400 MHz NMR spectrometer.

Materials Testing Instruments

  • Particle Size Analysis:  Malvern Zetasizer Ultra (dynamic light scattering) (2023)
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry: Mettler-Toledo DSC 823e  (2007)
  • Thermal Gravimetric Analysis: Shimadzu TGA-50 with TA-60WS (1989, upgraded 2017)
  • Refractometry: Reichert Mark II Plus Abbe (2006)
  • Molecular Surface Analysis: GE Biosystems Biacore X100 molecular surface analyzer (2013)
  • Goniometry: First Ten Angstroms Point Grey Camera and FTA Falcon (2017)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Separations Equipment

Mass Spectrometry

  • Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Agilent 1260 Infinity II LC with 6230 TOF (2019)
  • Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Shimadzu MALDI-8020 Benchtop MALDI-TOF-MS (2019)
  • Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry: Shimadzu QP2010 (2017)

Optical Spectroscopy

  • UV-Vis Spectroscopy:
    • Shimadzu UV-3600, VT capacity (2012)
    • Shimadzu 3101 UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer (1989)
    • Cary 50 Spectrophotometer (2004)
    • Vernier Portable UV-VIS Spectrophotometer (9)
    • Vernier GoDirect SpectroVis Plus (30)
  • Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Horiba FluoroMax Plus-C Spectrofluorimeter (2021)
  • Atomic Absorption: Shimadzu AA-7000 Spectrometer (2017)
  • Circular Dichroism: Olis RSM 1000 Spectrometer (1996, updated 2016)
  • Plate Readers (Absorption, Fluorescence, Luminescence):
    • Molecular Devices Spectramax M3 Plate Reader (2024)
    • Molecular Devices Spectramax M2 Plate Reader (2019)
    • Molecular Devices SpectraMax i3x Multi-Mode Microplate Reader (2016)

 Infrared Spectroscopy

  • Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: 
    • Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 with ATR (2023)
    • Shimadzu IR Spirit (4) (2018)
    • Shimadzu IRAFFINITY-IS FTIR Spectrometers (2) (2014)
  • Raman Spectroscopy: Hellma M-72r2 Walkup Raman Spectrometer (2021)

Other Equipment

  • Liquid Scintillation Counter: Perkin-Elmer TRI-CARB 4910TR (2018)
  • Incubator: New Brunswick (2012)
  • Centrifuge: Beckman Avanti JE floor centrifuge (2018)
  • Centrifuge: Beckman Coulter Allegra X-22R (2005)
  • Glove Box: M Braun (2001)
  • Vacuum Concentrator: Savant Speedvac Concentrator (2018)