Tunable and fixed wavelength laser sources, gas and liquid chromatographic equipment, X-ray diffraction facilities, and controlled atmosphere dry boxes also are available to students. New instruments are constantly being added to the department. Three additions to the mass spectrometry lab will arrive in the fall of 1996. The department has the services of a full-time glassblower, an electronic instrument repair facility, a machine shop, and an instrumental facility staff of five. The department1s DEC and Silicon Graphics computers are used for theoretical studies and experimental data processing.
Interactive terminals are available for program development and graphics applications.
Smaller computers are used for real time control and data manipulation within individual faculty research programs. Opportunities for interaction between the chemistry department and national and industrial laboratories in the Princeton area abound.