Fabian Menges, PhD

About the instruments

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FTIR ASI React IR Reaction Monitoring System 
FTIR Shimadzu IRTracer-100
FTIR/Raman Thermo Nicolet 6700
Polarimeter Perkin Elmer 341
Polarimeter Rudolph Autopol IV
UV-VIS Cary 3E Spectrophotometer
UV-VIS Shimadzu UV-3600Plus
 

FTIR ASI React IR Reaction Monitoring System 

Short name: ReactIR
Instrument location: KCL 3
Date of acquisition: June 1998

Scientific apparatus

React IR 15 FTIR for real-time monitoring of chemical reactions in situ.

 

 

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FTIR Shimadzu IRTracer-100

Short name: IR tracer
Instrument location: KCL 3
Date of acquisition: February 202CBIC0

The IRTracer-100 offers exceptionally high sensitivity with an SN ratio of 60,000:1, high resolution down to 0.25 cm−1, and fast measurement speeds up to 20 scans per second.
The system supports a wide variety of applications with features such as a 12,000-entry library and a data analysis program for contaminant analysis and time course and rapid scan functions for tracking reactions.

Available accessories:

ATR unit for solid samples
VeeMax II variable angle specular reflectance accessory
Gas cuvette & holder
KBr pellets

For more compatible accessories for your measurement needs, please have a look at the Shimadzu Selection Guide.

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FTIR/Raman Thermo Nicolet 6700

Short name: FTIR
Instrument location: KCL 3

Optical spectroscope

Date of acquisition: November 2006

Diamond ATR cell normally installed. Transmission, DRIFTS, ZnSe ATR, and high-temperature accessories available. Raman with IR-laser source also available.

Standard operating procedure

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Polarimeter Perkin Elmer 341

Short name: Polarimeter
Instrument location: KCL 16B
Date of acquisition: January 1997

Polarimeter

General-purpose precision polarimeter with Na and Hg source lamps and Glan-Taylor polarizer.

Standard operating procedure

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Polarimeter Rudolph Autopol IV

Short name: Autopol
Instrument location: KCL 16B
Date of acquisition: February 2018

Two views of a polarimeter

The AUTOPOL® IV is a microprocessor-based automatic polarimeter that is available in one-, two-, and six-wavelength versions. The AUTOPOL® IV’s features include: readout in specific rotation, optical rotation, and concentration, customer-defined and labeled programs for push button readout, large LCD display and touchscreen user interface, temperature display and correction, push button wavelength selection, statistics, 3 USB ports, 1-USB 3.0, RS 232 and parallel printer ports.

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UV-VIS Cary 3E spectrophotometer

Short name: UV-VIS
Instrument location: KCL 3
Date of acquisition: November 1995

Spectrophotometer

Standard cuvette holder, temperature-regulated cuvette sample change, and integrating sphere available.

Standard operating procedure

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UV-VIS Shimadzu UV-3600Plus


Short name: UV-3600
Instrument location: KCL 3
Date of acquisition: February 2020
 

High performance UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer with four gratings, wide dynamic range -6 to 6.0 ABS, resolution to 0.1nm, excellent stray light rejection: less than 0.00008% at 220nm, sealed optics, self-aligning lamps, high-mass, stable optical bench, selectable and constant bandpass.

Options:

  • Integrating sphere for solid and liquid samples with 3 detector system includes - PMT, InGaAs and Peltier controlled PbS detectors for a superior S/N ratio.
  • S-1700 thermoelectric single cell holder temperature controller (0 to 110 deg C) with stirrer, Thermal Melt Software for analysis of e.g. DNA melting temperatures.

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Available to Yale researchers & external researchers