Our Facilities

Renovation of our general chemistry laboratories and Keck collaborative learning center were completed in August 2008.  The renovated space includes new teaching laboratories, a state-of-the-art lecture hall, and departmental offices.  The space is designed to encourage chemistry students in a modern atmosphere and to showcases the centrality of science in a liberal arts education and its importance to society.  The chemistry wing was in honor of Dr. Gregory Choppin, a 1949 chemistry graduate.

We have recently received two equipment grants from the Louisiana Board of Regents for over $300,000 to be used in part to establish a forensic chemistry laboratory to support a new advanced course in forensic analytical chemistry as well as undergraduate research projects in areas related to forensic analytical chemistry.  Renovation of the forensic lab is underway. 

Faculty and students have access to a wide array of state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation in chromatography, electrochemistry, and spectroscopy. In conjunction with the university library, students have access to online chemical databases and major chemistry journals.

Our students have access to a wide array of advanced instrumentation for use in laboratory courses and undergraduate research activities.  For more information about the instrumentation or to arrange training, please contact the department chair or your undergraduate research advisor. 

Absorption / Emission Spectrometers & Laser Systems

UV-Vis. Diode Array Spectometer (Hewlett Packard, ’98)
UV-Vis. Diode Arras Spectrometer (Ocean Optics, ’03)
Dual-beam UV-Vis (Cary 1E ’95, software upgrade ‘08)
Nicolet 6700, MCT detector, ATR and Diffuse Reflectance attachments (’04)
Nicolet 6700, MCT detector, far-IR detector and beam splitter (’07)
Mattson Research-Series (’98)
Spectrofluorophotometer (Shimadzu RF-5301PC ’98, software upgrade ’08)
Monochromator w/ PMT detector (Spectral Products DK480 ‘03)
Nitrogen / Dye Laser (Photon Technology GL302/GL3300, ’03)
Ar-Ion pumped dye laser (Coherent)

Chromatography Instrumentation

Gas Chromatograph / Mass Spectrometer (Hewlett Packard 5973/6890, ’98)
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
Varian 210 with UV-Vis.Detector and fraction collector (’98)
Shimadzu with Autosampler, Column Oven, UV-Vis. Detector, and Fraction Collector (07)
Liquid Chromatography
ISCO with fraction collector (’95)
Teledyne Flash Chromatography, Fraction Collector, UV-Vis. Detector (’08)
Gas Chromatography/Ion-Mobility Spectrometer (Barringer GC-Ionscan ’01)

NMR

Varian / Anasazi 60 MHz NMR on site at Loyola (’01)
*Access to High-Field NMR Spectrometers through Tulane University

Miscellaneous Instrumentation

TGA / DSC (Perkin Elmer Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer STA6000, ’08)
MALDI-TOF (Bruker MicroflexLT, ’06)
Synthesis Microwave (CEM MarsXphase, ’06)
Electrostatic Particle Classifier and Condensation Counter (TSI 3080/3772, ’08)
Inert-Atmosphere Glove Box (Vacuum Atmospheres Company, ’92)
Cyclic Voltammograph (BAS CV-27, ’92)
Magnetic Susceptibility Balance (Johnson Matthey, ’98)
Solvent Purification Manifold (MBraun, MB-SPS, ’05)

Forensic Chemistry Laboratory