Services Offered in IMSERC
Even though most of IMSERC users run their experiments themselves after training, our expert staff can provide help on a fee for service basis. If you already know the right service needed for your project and you have an NUcore account, select the appropriate service from the following list:
Overview of Services
- IMSERC Research Collaboration Request
- MS Sample Submission
- Thermal Analysis Submission
- XRD Powder
- XRD Single Crystal
- XRF Elemental Analysis Submission
If you are not certain about the right service needed for your project, read more about the available services by selecting the appropriate links below or contact a staff for advice.
Crystallography
- Atomic structure determination from either single crystal or powder diffraction data using X-ray, Neutron, or Synchrotron radiation
- Identification and purity analysis of bulk samples using powder diffraction (coupled with elemental analysis)
- Total scattering methods for the structure determination of nanoparticles and amorphous materials
- Two-dimensional micro-diffraction of samples with small volume (< 1 mm 3 )
- In-situ/operando monitoring of reactions, structural/phase transformations, and/or decomposition of materials
- Crystallization and/or co-crystallization of new compounds
Mass Spectrometry
- Accurate Mass Analysis / Forumula Verification
- Purity analysis of samples using LC-UV-MS
- Compound molecular formula determination and/or confirmation
- Quantitation of organic compounds in biological or environmental samples
- Peptide / Protein molecular weight determination
- Oligonucleotide molecular weight determination and impurity analysis
- Imaging by mass spectrometry
- Residual Solvent Analysis by Headspace GCMS
- Analytical Method Development
- Clinical Pharmacology and Rapid PK Analysis
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- NMR-based metabolomics
- Small molecule structure elucidation/verification
- Protein structure determination or resonance assignments
- Ligand screening against proteins
- Quantitative NMR (qNMR) for mixture analysis
- Heteronuclear NMR
- Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) for polymers, nanomaterial, and catalysts
- Solid-state NMR
Physical Characterization
- Thermal Analysis (TGA, DTA, DSC) which can be coupled with GC-MS
- X-ray Fluorescence Semiquantitative and Quantitative analysis of elements heavier than Sodium
- Polarimetry for measuring the optical activity exhibited by inorganic and organic compounds
- FT-IR Spectroscopy for the identification of unknowns