INSTRUMENT TRAINING MODULES: General Spectroscopy

  • FTIR
  • UV-Vis
  • FS5 Spectrometer

FTIR

Thermo Nicolet iS50 FTIR Training Modules

FTIR General. AM in Fall; PM in Spring

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 3 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: Sept. & Oct., Feb. & March, and June, respectively; details will be announced   
  • Content
    • Lab housekeeping, a few fundamentals regarding FTIR, experiment configuration, data acquisition using the main sample compartment and the built-in ATR using liquid and solid samples; data display, formatting, and saving; a little data interpretation; analysis of user samples; cleanup.

FTIR – Pressing Solid Samples. Prerequisite: FTIR General

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 1 hour
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: As needed.
  • Content
    • Pressing of solid samples for analysis in transmission mode. (Due to the popularity of the ATR, this topic is no longer covered in the general training.) 

FTIR Advanced - Near-IR. Prerequisite: FTIR General

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 2 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: As needed. 
  • Content
    • Use of the FTIR in the near-IR range.

FTIR Advanced - Far-IR. Prerequisite: FTIR General

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 2 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: As needed. 
  • Content
    • Use of FTIR in the far-IR range.

UV-Vis

AGILENT CARY-5000 UV-VIS TRAINING MODULES

Solutions Spectrum

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 1.5 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students
    • Offered: Scheduled on request
  • Content
    • Lab housekeeping, sample preparation, dilution, instrument parameters and operation. 

Diffuse Reflectance

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 1.5 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students
    • Offered: Scheduled on request
  • Content
    • Baselines, sample preparation, instrument parameters and operation. 

FS5 Spectrometer

Edinburgh Instruments FS5 Fluorescence Spectrometer Training Modules

Fluorescence – Basics

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 3 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: Nov., April, July
  • Content
    • Lab housekeeping, a few fundamentals regarding fluorescence and the instrument, emission scans vs excitation scans and Ex/Em mapping and acquisition of each, user samples and ways to look at the data. 

Fluorescence – Lifetime measurement

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 2 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: As needed.
  • Content
    • Use of the instrument to measure fluorescence lifetimes.

Fluorescence – Phosphorescence

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 2 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: As needed. 
  • Content
    • Use of the instrument to measure phosphorescence lifetimes.

Fluorescence – Quantum Yield

  • Organization
    • Training Period: 2 hours
    • Capacity: 1-2 students 
    • Offered: As needed. 
  • Content
    • Use of the instrument to determine quantum yields.