The Todd Wehr Chemistry building, which opened in 1967, is one of the buildings comprising the Wehr Science Complex on the Marquette campus. The six-story chemistry building provides 100,000 square feet of research space equipped with the modern instrumentation required for chemical research. As noted in other locations in this web site, extensive renovations to the building have begun.
Some of the instrumentation is departmental while some belongs to individual research groups. Some of each will be described in this section. As a department, we hold newly reconfigured Varian 300 MHz, 400 MHz, and 600 MHz NMR spectrometers, Mattson and Nicolet Fourier transform infrared spectrometers, two UV-Vis spectrometers, a fluorimeter, a polarimeter, and a HP GC-MS, along with other smaller pieces of equipment. Additional support facilities include staffed electronics and machine shops. You will see in the individual faculty web sites the identification of most of the equipment held by individuals.
The department houses an impressive array of lasers in several research labs. A state-of-the-art Raman Spectroscopy facility houses four complete Raman systems utilizing Kr ion, Ar ion, He:Cd, Nd:YAG and dye lasers with PMT, ICCD, and diode array detection. The laser analytical facility includes krypton ion, argon ion, and F-center lasers used in ultrasensitive instrumentation for chemical analysis and chromatographic detection. The Chemical Dynamics Laboratory is equipped for the study of gas-phase reactions with an excimer laser, frequency doubled dye laser, and tunable infrared diode lasers. An impressive array of cameras in the spectroscopy laboratory enables analysis of a variety of materials.
The department is also well-equipped for studies on polymer degradation and fire retardancy, holding two thermogravimetric analyzers, one of which is coupled to an infrared spectrometer, enabling TGA-FTIR studies; a differential scanning calorimeter; a Brabender mixer and a Cone calorimeter.
An extensive chemical library collection is housed in the Science Library. Access to the library's computerized catalog is available from numerous terminals in the chemistry building. Free, unlimited computer time is available to students and faculty from the university Information Technology Services. In addition, there are many state-of-the-art PCs throughout the chemistry department.
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