{"id":31,"date":"2015-04-15T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T16:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2015-04-29T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T22:31:41","slug":"facilities-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/facilities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #bf9900;font-size: medium\"><b>Laboratories and Equipment<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Newly renovated laboratories are equipped with modern spectroscopic instruments and catalytic reactors. Safety precautions including gas detectors, alarms, and walk-in fume hoods are used for research with toxic and flammable chemicals. Analytical methods and instruments include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infrared spectroscopy: Bruker IFS 66v with mid and far FT-IR capability, including FT Raman. The unit is equipped for measurements with static and flowing gases and in-situ measurements. Transmission cells allow measurements at pressures from high vacuum to atmospheric and at temperatures from -195\u00b0 to 400\u00b0C. OPUS spectroscopy software is used to analyze spectra.<\/li>\n<li>Mass spectrometry: Pfeiffer OmnistarGSD 301 capable of on-line operations with IR spectrometer. Spectra are analyzed with QuadStar software.<br \/>\nGas chromatography: 8 units, including models Agilent 7890A (one unit with 5975C MSD attachment for GC\/MS analysis), Agilent 6890, and Hewlett-Packard 5890. Agilent ChemStation software is used for data analysis.<\/li>\n<li>EXAFS spectroscopy: custom designed transmission and fluorescence cells for static and in-situ characterization of air-sensitive samples at synchrotrons. XAS Data Analysis Program (XDAP) is used for data analysis.<br \/>\nASDI RXM-100 catalyst testing and characterization equipment used for chemisorption, physisorption, and temperature programmed characterization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Equipment for sample treatment and preparation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catalyst synthesis equipment: one argon-filled glove box and one nitrogen-filled glove box equipped with air and moisture sensors. Samples are made and handled on vacuum lines and with sealed transfer devices.<\/li>\n<li>Reactor systems: 10 flow reactors mounted in temperature-controlled furnaces; feed streams equipped with mass flow controllers. Reactors are interfaced with various analytical instruments, including GCs and GC-MS. Four reactors are fully automated and controlled with LabVIEW software.<br \/>\nHigh-pressure reactor system: once-through plug flow reactor equipped with a gas-liquid saturator (Autoclave EZE-Seal2) and on-line refinery gas analyzer. Working pressure range from 1-150 atm.<\/li>\n<li>Grubbs apparatus: MBraun Solvent Purification System<br \/>\nOther equipment available in the department at UC Davis includes X-ray diffractometers, solid-state NMR spectrometeres, and a SEM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other equipment available through the university includes high resolution TEM, atomic force microscopy, ultrahigh vacuum equipment for electron spectroscopy, and extensive computing capability. With aberration-corrected STEM, we are able to image single heavy metal atoms on support surfaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Laboratories and Equipment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Newly renovated laboratories are equipped with modern spectroscopic instruments and catalytic reactors. Safety precautions including gas detectors, alarms, and walk-in fume hoods are used for research with toxic and flammable chemicals. Analytical methods and instruments include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infrared spectroscopy: Bruker IFS 66v with mid and  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/facilities-2\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><br \/>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/catalysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}