The Farnum Group

Happy New Year!

Posted by farnumlabon January 1, 2017December 6, 2017

Happy New Year! We are excited to get started on our research projects in the new year.

Welcome Alex!

Posted by farnumlabon December 8, 2016December 6, 2017

Alex Combs joined the group! She is the first graduate student in the Farnum group and hails from Danville, KY.

Potentiostats!

Posted by farnumlabon December 1, 2016December 6, 2017

Our potentiostats have arrived! The CHI 660E is equipped with DC/AC capabilities, impedance spectroscopy, and fitting software. The Pine WaveDriver is a bipotentiostat and comes with a complete Rotating Ring-Disk Electrochemistry setup.

CHI 660E

Pine WaveDriver 20 with RRDE

FTIR

Posted by farnumlabon November 16, 2016December 6, 2017

A new ThermoScientific iS-50 FTIR was installed in the lab. Features include a built-in diamond ATR crystal and a VeeMax III (Pike) accessory for spectroelectrochemical measurements.

ThermoScientific iS-50 FTIR

VeeMax III accessory for spectroelectrochemical FTIR

UV-Vis-NIR

Posted by farnumlabon October 25, 2016December 6, 2017

Two new spectrophotometers have arrived in the lab. The Cary 8454 comes with a photodiode array for UV-Vis (200-1100 nm) absorbance detection. The Cary 5000 comes with two detectors for UV-Vis (200-1000 nm) and NIR (800-3300 nm) detection as well as an integrating sphere accessory.

Cary 8454 – photodiode arrary UV-Vis

Cary 5000 – UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer

Integrating Sphere