Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Services
The facility houses a Bruker EMX Plus spectrometer with X-band, Q-band, ENDOR and variable temperature capabilities.
Contact
Sean Goralski
Lab Assistant, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Facility
Graduate student in Inorganic Chemistry, The Rose Research Group
Office: WEL 4.410
Glass Shop
Hours
Monday through Friday from 7:00 am - 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Confirm visit via phone or email.
WEL 2.146
512-471-7093
Services
- Fabrication, modification, and repair of scientific apparatuses
- Manipulation of glass tubing, from 1mm to 150mm
- Cutting/drilling/grinding of glass tubing, flat glass, glass-like materials, and ceramics
- Regular stock of joints, frits, stopcocks and tubing in quartz and borosilicate
Visit WEL 2.146 for a repair or consultation. Lab visits are possible, if needed.
Contact
Adam Kennedy
Glassblower
akennedy@cm.utexas.edu
Instrument Design & Repair
Hours
Monday - Thursday: 6:30 am - 5:30 pm
Friday: Closed
Appointments required
512-471-2041
WEL 2.130
Services
Our primary purpose is the design and repair of electronic and electromechanical instruments. We repair lab equipment, mass spectrometers, x-ray equipment, lasers, power supplies and many other electronic/electromechanical devices. Instrument design capabilities include National Instruments LabVIEW, Microchip microprocessors, and printed circuit board (PCB) design, layout, and manufacture.
Contact
Tim Hooper
Technical Staff Assistant V
thooper@cm.utexas.edu
Mass Spectrometry
Hours
Hours of operation are 9 am - 6 pm Monday to Friday in Welch 4.226 (MS facility) and Welch 4.210 (office). Walk-up instruments in Welch 4.218 and NHB 5.342 are available 24/7 to trained users.
Services
The Mass Spectrometry Facility (MSF) of the Department of Chemistry is a state-of-the-art facility that provides services to a large number of researchers.
The facility provides
- Routine chemical and biological sample analysis
- Training of students and postdoctoral associates to run the self-service equipment
- Independent and collaborative research in mass spectrometry
Contact
Ian Riddington
Director
iriddington@cm.utexas.edu
Jong Doo Lim
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate II
jlim0803@utexas.edu
Mass Spectrometry Imaging Facility
MSI Facility Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Appointments are strongly recommended.
Location: FNT B.101
Services
The Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) Facility in the Department of Chemistry is a CPRIT-funded facility that provides collaborative services in the following areas:
- MALDI and DESI mass spectrometry imaging
- Histology-guided mass spectrometry profiling
- Biofluid/Cytology mass spectrometry profiling
- Ultraviolet Photodissociation for identification of biomolecules (Coming early 2021)
- Data and statistical analysis of imaging data
Contact
Erin Seeley
Director
erin.seeley@utexas.edu
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Labs
Two instrument rooms are housed in the Norman Hackerman Building (NHB), 0.230 and 5.342; they make available open access NMR to the research community of the University of Texas at Austin. Our instrumentation is comprised of 8 spectrometers from 400-600 MHz with standard liquids, MAS-solids and high-power diffusion capabilities as well as automated sample handling for liquids samples. Most of the spectrometers are set up for walkup self-service on liquid samples. The rooms are open 7am-7pm Monday-Friday and are accessible during nights and weekends with authorization (via key card entry).
This NMR facility is run much like an industrial research facility; users are expected to run the instruments independently and request help from NMR specialists when they run into challenges. Our Facility has two NMR spectroscopy specialists who’s role are to train and provide JIT (Just-In-Time) support to independent users, maintain and repair the instruments, and provide expertise when required for challenging samples and complex measurements. If necessary, users may submit a sample request wherein staff take over the project to ensure it is run properly. Links for initial training and sample requests are at the top of the page.
The NMR facility uses variable charge rates depending on who is running the instrument and whether or not it is during prime-time (9-6 daily).
NMR Rates 2024
$10/hr. - M-F 9 am-6 pm (daily prime time)
$7.50/hr. - M-Th - 6 pm-9 am & F 6 pm-M 9 am (nights and weekends)
$15/hr. - staff run (service requests)
$60/hr. - External requests
Note: External requests will also have a 26.5% surcharge applied to the total bill. This fee covers overhead charges by the University.
Hourly NMR rates have a $10/mo. minimum
User time for Solids and High Power diffusion NMR experiments will now be billed from login to logout inclusive. Solid state NMR and high power diffusion experiments require extensive and lengthy setup/testing that are inseparable from the techniques. This overhead is included in usage logs and therefore automatically recorded.
In consideration, of the challenge of keeping an instrument actively acquiring data overnights and on weekends, extensive idle time during these periods will be ignored for logged-in users. We expect efficient use of system. Users should logout and release the instrument in a timely manner.
Usage rules and accounting protocols are written by the Department of Chemistry and NMR facility therein. They are subject to change without notice, but will be announced as necessary
Instrumentation
The 5th Floor Lab (NHB 5.342) houses three spectrometers, all at 400MHz, with manual sample handling. Sample shimming, locking and probe tuning are fully automated. These walkup instruments are primarily users needing fast turn-a-round on their sample measurements. Experiment time on the instruments is allocated through an on-line reservation system, NMR Calendar.
The Basement Lab (NHB 0.230) houses five spectrometers, two of which are used primarily by staff for service requests. These are a solids 400MHz with high power diffusion capability and a liquids 600MHz with variable temperature and extended run times available upon request. There are two fully automated systems (400MHz and 500MHz) equipped to handle unattended runs of up to 24 samples. The automated 500MHz spectrometer is equipped with a high sensitivity LN2 cryo-probe for analysis of low-concentration samples. A general purpose 500MHz spectrometer with manual sample handling and automated shimming, locking and tuning, completes our selection of instrumentation.
Software
The NMR facility uses UT-IT supported applications, all of which are freely available. MS Office365 is used extensively for content and communication. NMR time slots can be reserved using a calendar hosted by UT-IT webservices. A site license for MNOVA, commercial class NMR software developed by Mestrelab Research, is paid for by The Chemistry Department. Cloud based file storage is provided under the UT-Box environment, providing remote access to NMR data sets for local processing and analysis.
Training
All users must be trained and checked out for clearance to use the facility. The basic training is a self-guided set of introductory material and basic operations for the 5th Floor Lab spectrometers. Completion of this, followed by a formal checkout by facility staff will trigger creation of a user account on the NMR Calendar, an upgrade of the user’s University key-card to allow after hours, access to NHB and the NMR labs, access to the UT-Box NMR data folders and entry into the NMR_Users@utlists.utexas.edu which is used to push general announcements. Additional training for the basement lab (higher-field instruments and autosamplers) and advanced techniques is available by request.
Contact
Scott Smith
Director
scott.smith@austin.utexas.edu
Garrett Blake
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate II
garrett.a.blake.aus@gmail.com
X-Ray Facility
Hours
8:30 am-5:30 pm, Monday through Friday
FNT B.104
512-471-4042
Services
The X-ray diffraction lab is a multi-functional facility that services the needs of the UT-Austin scientific community. For more information, visit the X-Ray Facility site.
Contact
Serhii Vasylevskyi
X-Ray Core Facility Director