NYU Department of Chemistry
Molecular Design Institute
Center for Soft Matter Research
Courant Institute
FAS
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Short Description: The Asylum MFP Stand Alone Atomic Force Microscope provides a sensitive and precise AFM with the lowest noise performance that also includes a complete scientific software environment. The current setup allows for precision force and adhesion measurements examining biomineral and amino acid interactions. 
Short Description: MED 020 allows coating methods, such as sputter coating, resistance evaporation, and electron beam evaporation. The current setup features resistance evaporation with precise thickness monitoring with a quartz crystal.
Short Description: The Lambda 950 is a versatile spectrometers operating in the ultraviolet visible (UV/VIS) spectral ranges. Additionally, the Lambda 950 operates in the near infrared region. The spectrometer features a double-beam, double monochromator, ratio recording optical system. This instrument is usable in a wide range of applications as
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Short Description: IR (Magna) is one of the most commonly used instrument to characterize a material. It detects the wavelength at which materials absorb within the IR frequency range. The Magna instrument is equipped with two detectors: MCT/A (in the left compartment) and DTGS (in the right compartment) detectors. Both liquid and solid samples can be examined. It can also be operated in different modes such as transmission and reflectance modes.
Short Description: The fourth improved generation of Bruker’s original line of sealed tube chemical crystallography systems. A very accessible 3-circle gonimeter especially designed for CCD systems combined with the APEX II – the most sensitive and fastest CCD detector - creates the finest instrumentation for structure determination. Bruker’s new intuitive APEX software makes this diffractometer easy to use for the novice crystallographer but provides all the tools for the expert user. This system will help you to collect best data and does not leave any question unanswered. Prospective users must watch the Public Health Service instructional video 
Short Description: The thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) is a useful instrument to determine how the mass of a sample changes with temperature. As such, it is an excellent tool to find out how thermally stable your sample is. While most experiments are done under nitrogen atmosphere, the user can also switch to oxygen atmosphere, in which case, the experimenter could determine the rate of oxidation of his/her sample.
The Pyris 1 TGA can operate from ambient temperature to 1030 C with a scan rate of 0.1 to 200 C/min. For accurate analysis, 2 mg of samples are needed.
Short Description: The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) instrument is used to observe the behavior of your sample with changing temperature and most commonly employed to determine important material physical properties such as melting temperature, sublimation temperature, and glass transition temperature.
The Pyris 1 DSC (using aluminium pan) can operate from -20 C to 500 C with a scan rate of 0.1 to 200 C/min. For accurate analysis, 2 mg of samples are needed.
Short Description: In addition to the basic capability of visual magnification, the optical microscope comes with many other equipments such as CCD camera (for real-time imaging), cross-polarizers, and hot-stages. The optical microscope operates interchangibly in two modes: transmission and reflectance modes.
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The multi-mode AFM mates the motion of a piezo-electric scanner with the subtle deflection movements of a microscopic cantilever to produce images through the rastering of a sample under a probe (the cantilever). This instrument allows the capability for capturing digitally constructed images of many kinds of surfaces through several imaging modes in both air and fluids.
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The dimension AFM is similar in operation to the multi-mode but differs in its configuration as the cantilever probe is attached to the piezo-electric scanner and rasters above the sample. The dimension 3100 is particularly valuable for collecting images of several samples without having to change many components or settings between imaging sessions.
Short Description: The System 2000 FT-IR can be used either in transmission mode or ATR mode. Samples can be either solid or liquid. The ATR mode is especially useful for analysis of the surface of materials. It is also suitable for characterization of materials which are either too thick or too strong absorbing to be analyzed by transmission spectroscopy. For the bulk material or thick film, no sample preparation is required for ATR analysis.
Short Description: The HP 6890 Series gas chromatograph system includes single Split/Splitless Injector, single Flame Ionization Detector, Electronic Pressure Control on detector and injector. The HP 6890 series GC features electronic pneumatics control of all gas pressures and flows. Onboard sensors automatically compensate for ambient temperature changes and barometric pressure differences to routinely achieve more accurate and reproducible results. By providing stable results, EPC reduces recalibration frequency and improves laboratory productivity. 
Short Description: Direct Q produces (1) Type I ultrapure water (Resistivity 18.2 MΩ·cm at 25 °C and Total Organic Carbon < 10 ppb) and (2) Type III reverse osmosis water. 
Short Description: Glove Box allows you to work in inert environment with oxygen and moisture sensitive compounds. Equipped with freezer, oxygen and water sensors and two chambers. Operates with touch sensitive LCD display and build in computer.
Short Description: Each hood is equipped with two Welch vacuum oil pumps connected to the manifold with liquid nitrogen trap.
Short Description: Mbraun solvent purification system is designed for drying and degassing solvents. Connected directly to MBraun Dry box and can purify up to 6 different solvents.
Short Description: Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) troughs are capable of the deposition of multi-molecular LB films onto solid substrates. Typically, these molecular layers consist of amphiphilic molecules such as fatty acids and lipids. Model 611M has a 2 mechanically coupled barriers compressing symmetrically towards the centre of the trough. The dipper and well are also at the centre of the trough. This configuration is ideal if both faces of the substrate are to be coated.