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Comparing Commercial Photoreactors

When is an apple an apple or when is it an orange? How should we compare commercial photoreactors? Or better yet, how do we discuss the important details of a photochemical reaction? Answering this question is at the heart of reproducing experimental results. If...

The 21 Must-Read Photochemistry Papers of 2021

A belated year in review 2021 At HepatoChem, we had a big year in 2021. We started shipping our new photoreactor the Lucent360™, added...

Utilizing the Lucent360 from screen to scale

A few weeks ago, we discussed the history of the Lucent360™, our new photoreactor for light and temperatures control for screen to scale, in...

Introducing the Lucent360 TM

A Brief History of a PhotoReactor We write from time to time here about the topics that we find interesting or humorous in the photoredox,...

Photochemistry of earth-abundant metals

A recurring theme for many of our articles over the last few months is that there just isn’t enough iridium or ruthenium in the earth’s crust to do...

The Attack of the Photocatalytic Microrobots!

The attack of the photocatalytic microrobots! We have intended to write a bit about visible-light decomposition of contaminants for a while... so...

Using Multiphoton Excitation To Generate Potent Photooxidants

A New Potent Photooxidant Pushing the limits of LED driven visible-light photocatalysis requires some creative thinking to get more redox potential...