Chemistry

Research Facilities:

The department has state-of-the-art computer and laboratory equipment and conducts research in the areas of biochemistry, biotechnology, cell and molecular biology, microbiology, molecular biophysics and biochemistry; analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, solid-state and materials chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, surface chemistry, physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry; and high-energy physics, accelerator and plasma physics, condensed-matter physics, biological physics, x-ray optics, x-ray imaging and quantum theory. The department constructs and operates facilities for x-ray scattering, spectroscopy and imaging at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Additional research facilities include on-campus x-ray diffraction facilities, thin-film growth facilities, a high-field nuclear magnetic resonance facility, a state-of-the aft inorganic- and polymer synthesis and characterization laboratories., Fourier transform infrared spectrometers, atomic force microscope, mass spectrometers, and facilities for high-pressure liquid chromatography and gas chromatography. Laboratories for solid-state physics and particle physics are active. The department participates in interdisciplinary research with the eh department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering's Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering. collaborative programs are carried on with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Advanced Photon Source. The department hosts the Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics (CAPP) and the Center for Synchrotron Radiation research and Instrumentation (CSRRI).