Group infrastructure

The lab is fully equipped for handling highly air-, moisture-, and temperature-sensitive compounds through full-time access to the following equipment:

• Breville espresso synthesis machine
• Several Schlenk/high-vacuum lines
• Four single-station gloveboxes (one equipped with a cold port)
• Solvent purification system
• Bruker D8 Venture dual source single crystal X-ray diffractometer
• Polymer characterization tools: GPC, DSC, DLS, DMA
• UV-Vis spectrometer with low-temp unit
• An Elementar UniCube Elemental Analyzer
• Balances
• Glassware and polymerization ovens
• Full-spectrum photoreactor
• Centrifuges
• Freeze-dryer
• Ultra-low temp (-78) + regular freezers and fridges
• A large assortment of synthetic glassware (custom-built by our skilled glassblower)
• Low-temperature circulating cooling baths

Shared facilities

Researchers also have access to:

• Multiple NMR spectrometers
• CAMTEC Microscopy/Spectroscopy infrastructure
• Powder X-ray Diffractometer
• Rheometer and Thermogravimetric analyzer
• Dedicated group office space with computer

Computational

All researchers in the group have access to Gaussian 16 and the Amsterdam Density Functional 2017 suites through Compute Canada’s high performance clusters (Cedar and Graham). We generally perform all computational modelling in-house with departmental and external collaborations as needed to supplement our capabilities.