The Department of Chemistry at High Point University is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments through the Shimadzu Partnership for Academics, Research and Quality of Life (SPARQ) program providing state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation for HPU students and researchers. Shimadzu instruments will be featured in our analytical laboratory on the 4th floor of the Wanek School of Natural Sciences, in our teaching laboratories and on the HPU Mobile Laboratory.
Biochemistry:
- -80 C Freezer (Thermo Scientific)
- Chromatography refrigerator (Fisher)
- Centrifuge (IEC Centra) (Eppendorf)
- Hand-held Sonicator (Fisher)
- UV-Vis Biophotometer (Eppendorf)
- ChemDoc Gel Imaging System (Bio-Rad)
- Digital Incubator (BenchMark)
- Incubator / Shaker (Thermo Fisher)
- Microcentrifuges (Bio-Rad)
- PCR Thermocycler (Bio-Rad)
- Nucleic acid electrophoresis equipment (Bio-Rad)
- Protein electrophoresis and western blot equipment (Bio-Rad)
- Shaker (BenchMark)
- Semiautomated Peptide Synthesizer (Flow Chemistry)
Cell Culture Facility:
- 5-Class II Type A2 4ft Biological Safety Cabinets (Fisher and NuAire)
- 3-CO2 Incubators (NuAire)
- 1-Water-Jacketed CO2 Incubator (Fisher)
- Inverted Microscope with Digital Camera (United Scope)
- Stainless Steel Cryogenic Freezer (MVE Chart)
Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry:
- Triple Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (Shimadzu LCMS-8045)
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (Shimadzu GCMS-QP2020NX)
- Gas Chromatography
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Gel Permutation Chromatography (Simadzu Prominence GPC)
- Compact Mass Spectrometer with ESI source (Advion Expression S)
- Capillary Electrophoresis (Beckman)
Materials Science:
- Electrochemistry Bench
- Laminar flow hood (NuAire)
- Plasma Cleaner
- Spin Coater (Laurell Technologies WS-400)
- Sputter Coater (Cressington 108)
- UV-lithography
Microscopy:
- Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (Phenom XL)
- Atomic Force Microscope (Oxford Instruments Asylum Research MFP-3D Origin+)
- Optical Microscope (Olympus)
- Fluorescence Microscopes (2) (Olympus and Nikon)
Spectroscopy:
- Fluorimeter with flow cell (Shimadzu RF-6000)
- FTIR with ATR (2) (Shimadzu IRSpirit)
- UV-Vis Spectrometers (5) (Shimadzu UV-2600, Shimadzu UV-1900, Agilent Cary 60, Ocean Optics)
- X-Ray Spectrometer (Shimadzu EDX 7000)
- NMR (2) (JEOL 400MHz, Thermo Scientific PicoSpin 80)
- Microwave Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (Agilent 4200 MP-AES)
Thermal Analysis:
- DSC (TA Instruments)
- TGA (TA Instruments)
In addition to instrumentation and equipment on campus, as members of the Nanomanufacturing Innovation Consortium we have access to equipment at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering in Greensboro, NC.