The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Electron Spin Resonance Facility

ESR Instrumentation

The following equipment is available for investigator use through the Electron Spin Resonance Facility:

Spectrometry Instrumentation

  • Bruker EMX ESR Spectrometer
  • 25 cm magnet, 90db X-band bridge with microwave frequency counter
  • data system
  • TE, TE-double, and TM cavities
  • liquid nitrogen variable temperature system
  • liquid helium variable temperature system
  • gaussmeter with in-cavity probe
  • Bruker EMX ESR Spectrometer
  • 25 cm magnet, X-band bridge with microwave frequency counter
  • data system
  • HS cavity with aqua-X system
  • Varian E-4 ESR Spectrometer
  • TE and TM cavities
  • liquid nitrogen variable temperature system
  • Micro-Now gaussmeter

Other ESR Facility Instrumentation

  • Fisher Scientific 10 cubic foot incubator
  • Jounan 312 refrigerated centrifuge
  • HP 8453 diode array UV/VIS spectrophotometer
  • Perkin Elmer LS-50B fluorescence Spectrometer with Windows interface
  • YSI oxygen monitor system
  • STDB II spin-trapping database
  • Mettler Microbalance and Cahn 21 electrobalance
  • Oriel PhotomaxR xenon light source with 1/8m monochromator
  • GE Analytical (Sievers) 280i nitric oxide analyzer
  • World Precision Instruments nitric oxide electrode detection system
  • World Precision Instruments oxygen electrode detection system
  • Innovative Instruments nitric oxide electrochemical detection system
  • Coulter Counter Z-2 for counting, sizing and size-distribution determinations
  • ESA CoulArray HPLC system with ec-array, UV-Vis diode array and fluorescence detectors
  • World Precision Instruments free radical analyzer
  • BioStat digital electrode system for NO, O2 and other electrode systems