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Welcome to the McCusker Labs!
Lab Instrumentation used for our Research:
Synthetic Labs (Rms. 428/429):
Dry Boxes:
Enclosures filled with inert atmospheres for the preparation and study of air-sensitive compounds. The group has two dry boxes. A large drybox with room for two people to work side by side, and a small drybox outfitted with a fiber optic UV/Vis spectrometer and an electrochemistry setup.
Fume Hoods:
Our lab has 10 fume hoods in total. Eight of these are used for synthetic work and are outfitted with Schlenk lines. Of the two remaining hoods, one holds the High Vacuum line which is used to maintain the cryostat, while the other is a large hood which houses the solvent stills.
UV/Vis Spectrophotometer:
A Varian Carry 50 UV/Vis spectrophotometer.
Fluorometer:
FluoroMAX instrument.
Laser Lab (Rm. 53):
Nanosecond Laser System:
Consists of a YAG pulse laser system on an optical table with optical setups to allow Transient Absorption and Emission studies.
Femtosecond Laser System:
More to come on this later.
Variable Low Temperature Cryostat:
A liquid nitrogen and liquid helium cooled sample dewar with optical windows to perform optical studies on compounds at low temperatures. Used in conjunction with the nanosecond laser system for excited state emission lifetime measurements.
Office (Rm. 420):
Features two Windows PCs, a networked B/W Laser Printer and a networked Color Laser Printer.
Also has two microwave ovens, a refridgerator, and a water cooler.
We also have access to the following facilities:
MSU Chemistry Department's Hydra Computational Cluster
Max T. Rogers NMR Facility
Biomedical and Physical Sciences' SQUID Facility
MSU Chemistry Department's FT-IR Spectrometer Lab