Facilities and resources
Our lab space is located in the new state-of-the-art chemistry facility, Hach Hall:
Exterior of Hach Hall
The Hach Hall lobby
One of our wet lab bays. Each student gets a hood, 12 feet of bench space, and sink.
Another view of the wet lab.
Write-up space (with kitchenette) is partitioned from the wet labs, but an open-window design permits you to see what's happening in the lab.
A hood set up for synthetic chemistry.
A sunny conference room with projector for group meetings. The chemistry department also has a glassblower, a machine shop, and a chemistry store for the convenient purchase of common laboratory items. Instrument facilities at Iowa State are excellent with multiple NMR machines (up to 800 MHz), Mass spec with different ionization modes (EI, APCI, QTOF, MS/MS, LC/MS/MS, in both normal and accurate mass modes), X-ray diffraction, Elemental analysis, IR, UV-Vis, and CD. Iowa State also has an outstanding confocal microscopy center. The GAMESS computational software is developed through the group of Mark Gordon.
Mass spec facilities. Toshia diligently working on quantum yield measurements using LC/MS.
EPR capabilities. We use this ELEXYS 580 FT-EPR machine, which has a CW resonator with a light source, resonators for standard FT-EPR experiments, a split ring resonator for DEER, ESEER, and ELDOR, and a resonator designed for aqueous samples. A variable temperature system permits runs down to near Liquid He temps. General resources:Web of knowledge Lab technique resources:Not Voodoo. Great resource for lab technique. Standard operating procedures for our lab Safety is a priority in our laboratory. Gloves, safety glasses, and labcoat are required at all times when working in the wet labs. Everyone needs to know the location of the eyewashes, shower, and fire extinguisher, which are routinely inspected by the lab safety officer. Everyone must go through a mandatory safety training when joining the lab and be "checked out" on the SOPs for any technique/equipment used below: Using organolithium reagents |
