Substantially enhancing the research opportunities in chemical physics are the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory or NHMFL the School for Computational Science and Information Technology (CSIT) and the Center for Materials Research and Technology (MARTECH).

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) moved from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to the Florida State University in 1990. It began with a theory group headed by Robert Schrieffer (1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for theory of superconductivity), and has built nonpareil facilities for a wide range of experiments with the main focus on continuous magnetic fields to 30-50 tesla and pulsed fields from 60-1000 tesla. Other research topics at the NHMFL include milli- and microkelvin experiments, microstructure of materials, organic conductors, high temperature superconductors, magnetic phase transitions and electron cyclotron resonance in solids. Further, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Magnetic Resonance has been established at the NHMFL for investigations into nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, ion cyclotron resonance mass spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Faculty members associated with the NHMFL have been added in both Chemistry and Physics Departments, augmenting the growing number of researchers at FSU with interests in chemical physics.

CSIT was established to develop computational methods which will make the best use of the new "supercomputers" that are now available, and of those yet to come. It brings together a number of people from different disciplines having common interests. Several of the faculty in the Program are also members of CSIT.

The mission of MARTECH is to promote investigations into the physical and chemical properties of novel materials, particularly those which may prove to be important technologically. Approximately ten new faculty have been hired to be part of MARTECH in both the Physics and Chemistry Departments, and other faculty members in Chemistry, Physics and Engineering have become associated with MARTECH because of their research interests. For experimental workers, the establishment of MARTECH has meant that many of the latest analytical tools, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning tunneling probes (STM/AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), XPS or ESCA, LEED, Auger spectroscopy (AES), ellipsometry, FTIR, and more, have become available to the research community. There is substantial overlap between MARTECH faculty and the members of the Program in Chemical Physics.

The on-campus research laboratories of the faculty in the Program are in the Chemistry, Physics and Molecular Biophysics buildings. These buildings are located in the science area complex which also includes buildings for the Biology, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Oceanography, Meteorology and Geology Departments. The Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library in the middle of this area serves the FSU science and engineering community. The extensive laboratory and office space for the NHMFL is located near the FSU campus.

As important as these facilities have been to research in chemical physics at FSU, one cannot ignore the creative stimulation due to the new interdisciplinary interactions. This can be seen in the increased collaborations among research colleagues in different fields, and in the audiences at the MARTECH, CSIT and NHMFL seminars