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...
The attack of the photocatalytic microrobots! We have intended to write a bit about visible-light decomposition of contaminants for a while... so what better entry into the topic than a story about self-propelled autonomous microrobots that can...
How They Make That Color For Your LED Everyone reading this probably knows what metals, ligands and other reagents are in the reaction that is currently stirring under their hood. And as chemists, we can often be annoyingly particular about...
Setting Up Your Initial Photochemistry Reactions This is the third and final part of a three part series designed to help you get started by understanding light sources in photochemistry. Missed the start of the series where we cover the basics...
Part II: Understanding and Measuring Light Sources This is the second part of a three part series designed to help you get started by understanding light sources in photochemistry. Missed the first part of the series where we cover the basics and...
Quick Introduction Photochemistry is conquering the world of synthetic chemistry. Ok, that’s hyperbole. Photochemistry is really cool and useful for making interesting and important compounds in ways that may be easier, safer or not possible with...
Before We Begin... This post is an overview of how we perform a ferrioxalate actinometer protocol to determine photon flux in our various photoreactors. We try to go into as much detail as possible so you can replicate these steps in your own lab...
Few scientists who are including photochemical reactions in their synthesis make the actual photon flux known. Yet it is a key component to successfully reproduce published experiments from the scientific literature because of the variety of...
Light sources used in photochemical reactions are labeled and evaluated in several ways, but none of the corresponding numbers help to better understand how much light is absorbed by the reaction. This post explains the difference between wattage...
Interest in photochemistry has been growing exponentially in recent years. Numerous new applications using visible-light photoredox catalysis have been discovered. These catalytic systems can perform many types of bond formations using various...