In recent years the Department of Chemistry in AWKUM has strategically acquired improved research facilities, items of equipment that may be considered the work horses of structural elucidation in synthetic, analytical and spectral chemistry. Currently the Department instrumental facility comprises majorly of:
- Atomic Absorption Spectrometer 700, Perkin Elmer
- CHNS/O Analyzer-2400 , Perkin Elmer
- GC System 7890 A, Agilent Technology
- HPLC Shimadzu
- Microwave Synthesizer, CEM
- IR spectrophotometer, Affinity 1 Shimadzu
- UV-visible spectrometer Lambda 25, Perkin Elmer
In addition to equipment targeting the structural elucidation of materials the Department also has a number of instruments of general research spectroscopic equipment used extensively for the characterization of novel materials including nano-materials and the study of biophysical systems.
These instruments are complemented by further facilities in individual research groups. Conscious of the importance of such spectroscopic equipment the Department has moved to address this deficit by moving to establish a comprehensive suite of equipment. A recent application to the instrumental facility has been put up for securing a number of instruments which will enhance the Department research in materials spectroscopy, allowing the characterization of a wide range of systems, in particular in the area of materials and biophysical chemistry.
In addition to the spectroscopic instruments highlighted above the study of materials chemistry will be facilitated by the use of Electron Microscopic techniques in the Central Laboratory in the near future.