USC Center of Excellence for Molecular Characterization
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NMRs
Elemental Composition
DSC
iCap 7400 ICP
Flash 2000 CHNS Elemental Analyzer
Optical Instruments
Perkin-Elmer
UV-Vis-NIR
Bruker FTIR
Horiba Raman Microscope
Horiba Fluorimeter
Jasco Polarimeter: No Reservation Needed
Mass Spectroscopy
Agilent GC/MS
Agilent LCQTOF
Bruker MALDI MS
X-Ray Crystallography
Rigaku Miniflex Powder Diffractometer
Rigaku Ultima IV Diffractometer
Rigaku Synergy diffractometer
Walkup NMR Schedules
Varian 400SGM
Download Data from NMRNET
Instrument
User Lists
Vertex 80 FTIR
Jasco Polarimeter
Perkin Elmer
UV-Vis-NIR
Horiba Fluorimeter
Horiba Raman Microscope
Bruker Autoflex MALDI MS
Agilent GC/MS
Agilent LCQTOF
Rigaku Ultima IV Diffractometer
Miniflex Powder Diffractometer
Synergy Diffractometer
Mercury-400
Varian-400MR
Varian-400SGM
Varian 500
Varian 600
iCap 7400 ICP
Flash 2000 CHNS Elemental Analyzer
LN2 Tank
LN2 Closet
Instrument Operation Manuals
Varian-Mercury 400, 400MR, VNMRS-500 and VNMRS-600s
Tuning Instructions for Varian 500
Jasco Polarimeter
Bruker Autoflex Speed MALDI MS
Flash 2000 CHNS Elemental Analyzer
iCap 7400 ICP
Procedure for dispensing LN2 from LJS Closet Supply
Procedure for filling Large Dewars (>25L)
Fee Schedules for Instrument Use
How to use Filezilla to get your data
How to install the MNova processing Software
Facility Manager:
Dr. Jooho Lee
Office: LJS 159
Phone: (213) 740-6376
Web server is the Debian release of the Apache Web Server Package.
This facility houses the following spectrometers for the Department of Chemistry and Dornsife College. There is a manager associated with each instrument. Contact this person to arrange training.
There is also a colored dot following each instrument. This indicates the status of the instrument:
Operational;
Limited usablity, some functions are not operational;
Instrument is down and not usable
NMR Spectroscopy Facilities:
- Varian Mercury 400 2-Channel NMR Spectrometer (LJS 156)
- Varian 400-MR 2-Channel NMR Spectrometer (LJS 156)
- Varian VNMRS-500 2-Channel NMR Spectrometer (LJS 156)
- Varian VNMRS-600 3-Channel NMR Spectrometer (LJS 158)
- Varian 400-MR 2-Channel NMR Spectrometer (SGM 140)
- Quantum
Technologies Helium Liquefier (OCW 107A1)
Contact: Dr. Jooho Lee
- Rigaku Synergy diffractometer (ACB 100)
- Rigaku Ultima IV powder/thin film diffractometer (ACB 100)
- Rigaku Miniflex powder diffractometer (ACB 100)
Contact: Dr. Mark Thompson
- Agilent HPLC/Q TOF MS/MS Spectrometer (SGM 306)
- Bruker Auto Flex Speed MALDI Mass Spectrometer (SGM 306)
- Agilent GC/MS (SGM 306)
Contact: Dr. Matthew Pratt
- Thermo Flash 2000 CHNS Elemental Analyzer (SGM 142)
Contact: Dr. Mark Thompson - Differential Scanning Calorimeter (SGM 142)
Contact:
- Thermo ICP-OES Spectrometer (SGM 142)
Contact: Dr. Smaranda Marinescu
- Bruker OPUS FTIR spectrometer (OCW 109)
Room temperature detctor is working fine. MCT Detector is down for repair.
- Horiba Raman Infrared Microscope (OCW 109)
Raman is not working. The calibration was off for the 532 laser and the 785nm laser showed irregular behavior.
- Perkin-Elmer UV-Vis (OCW 109)
- Horiba Nanolog Fluorimeter (OCW 109)
- Jasco temperature-controlled digital polarimeter (OCW 109)
Contact: Dr. Jahan Dawlaty
- Bruker EMX CW EPR spectrometer (TRF)
- Bruker E580 FT/CW EPR spectrometer (TRF)
Contact: Dr. Peter Qin
- VSM Oven, Specific Heat
- Electrical, Transport Option
- Variable Temperature, Field Conductivity
- Variable Temperature, Ionic Transport
- High Sensitivity Hall Probe
- Ferroelectric Test Station
Contact: Dr. Brent Melot
The Center of Excellence offers several pieces of analytical software to aid users in data analysis and presentation. We provide access to the following USC site-licensed software and computer assets to all USC users registered with the facility.
- Mestrelab MestReNova (all platforms)
- Chemistry data archival service
- Dr. Jooho Lee: Facility Manager and Manager of NMR Instrumentation
(LJS 159, (213) 740 6376) - Prof. Peter Qin: EPR Director
(LJS 251, (213) 821 2461) - Prof. Brent Melot: Elemental Composition Director
(SGM 213, (213) 740 1102) - Prof. Jahan Dawlaty: Optical Spectroscopy Director
(SSC 702, (213) 740 9337) - Prof. Travis Williams: Chemistry Instrumentation Chair
(LHI 104, (213) 740 5961) - Prof. Peter Qin: Chairman of Chemistry
(SGM 418, (213) 740 6857)