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Acknowledgements
IMSERC relies heavily on competitive grants from the NSF and NIH to fund the purchase of new instruments. Please help ensure that IMSERC will continue to provide modern instrumentation by acknowledging the funding agencies when instrumentation is used. Also, please include the keyword IMSERC and Crystallography, MS, NMR, and Physical Characterization as appropriate to enable the search of papers by IMSERC use. The ability to tie IMSERC usage to publications is critical when applying for both intramural and extramural funding.
Please check the list of instrumentation below for recommended section of acknowledgements:
Crystallography
STOE STADI VARI
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University. Purchase of the Ag-microsource diffractometer used to obtain results included in this publication was supported by the Major Research Instrumentation Program from the National Science Foundation under the award CHE-1920248.
Rigaku DW-Synergy
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Rigaku Mo-Synergy
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Rigaku Cu-Synergy
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
STOE STADI MP
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
STOE STADI P
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Bruker KAPPA APEX II (Molly)
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and Northwestern University.
Bruker KAPPA APEX II (Prospector)
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Bruker KAPPA APEX II (Duo)
This work made use of the IMSERC Crystallography facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and Northwestern University.
Mass Spectrometry
Agilent 6210 LC-TOF (APPI, APCI, ESI)
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).
Agilent 5973 GCMS w/ Headspace
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) and the Northwestern University Mirkin group.
Agilent 5973 GCMS
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) and the Northwestern University Ngyuyen group.
Bruker Amazon SL (MS ESI Flow Injection)
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Bruker Amazon X (LCMS ESI)
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Bruker Impact II (HRMS w/ UPLC or Nano LC)
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Bruker MALDI Autoflex III
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).
Bruker MALDI Rapiflex Tissue Typer
TThis work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).
GPC Wyatt DAWN Helios-II MALS Detector (Aqueous or Organic)
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), the State of Illinois, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).
Sciex Qtrap 6500+ (Quantitation w/ UPLC or nano LC)
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the NIH (S10-OD021786-01); Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633); the State of Illinois and International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).
Waters GC-TOF
This work made use of the IMSERC MS facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), (NSF CHE-0923236), the State of Illinois, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).
NMR spectroscopy
Bruker NEO 600 MHz w/ QCI-F cryoprobe (hfcn600)
This work made use of the IMSERC NMR facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), NIH 1S10OD012016-01 / 1S10RR019071-01A1, and Northwestern University.
Bruker Avance III 600 MHz w/ BBFO smart probe (a600)
This work made use of the IMSERC NMR facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), Int. Institute of Nanotechnology, and Northwestern University.
Bruker Avance III 500 MHz w/ DCH cryoprobe (ag500)
This work made use of the IMSERC NMR facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633) and Northwestern University.
Bruker Avance HD 500 MHz w/ Prodigy probe (x500)
This work made use of the IMSERC NMR facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), Int. Institute of Nanotechnology, and Northwestern University.
Bruker Avance HD 400 MHz w/ 4mm HX and 1.6mm HFX solid probes (hg400)
This work made use of the IMSERC NMR facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), Int. Institute of Nanotechnology, and Northwestern University.
Bruker Avance HD nanobay 400 MHz w/ BBFO smart probe (au400)
This work made use of the IMSERC NMR facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), NSF CHE-1048773, and Northwestern University.
Physical Characterization
TA DSC Q200
This work made use of the IMSERC Physical Characterization facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Netzsch Jupiter F3 Simultaneous Thermal Analysis
This work made use of the IMSERC Physical Characterization facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Xenemetrix ED-XRF
This work made use of the IMSERC Physical Characterization facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
Bruker Tensor 37 FTIR (Mid IR / ATR)
This work made use of the IMSERC Physical Characterization facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.
AUTOPOL VI Polarimeter
This work made use of the IMSERC Physical Characterization facility at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633), and Northwestern University.