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Lucent360 Customized Reaction Screenings

Nov 9, 2022

Learn how to streamline with Lucent360 customized reaction screenings and save on time & setups when matching optimal wavelength to a photocatalyst.

Photocatalytic Deconstruction of Polystyrene

Sep 28, 2022

What if we could shine a blue LED on our 8 billion tons of plastic waste and get back a valuable chemical feedstock? Click to read about the Reisner group’s work looking at tackling this problem.

Photocatalysis in Seawater

May 14, 2022

Seawater: It’s abundant, messy, contains salts, microorganisms, biomass, organic and inorganic pollutants (and microplastics) and might just be a great solvent for generating hydrogen peroxide with visible light photocatalysis

Comparing Commercial Photoreactors

Mar 8, 2022

How should we compare commercial photoreactors? Or better yet, how do we discuss the important details of a photochemical reaction?

The 21 Must-Read Photochemistry Papers of 2021

Jan 10, 2022

Beyond the best photochemistry papers of 2021, read about the amazing year we had here at HepatoChem.

Utilizing the Lucent360 From Screen to Scale

Dec 2, 2021

Read on for a step by step study taking a photocatalyzed-Arbuzov reaction from screen to scale utilizing the unique features of the Lucent360™

Introducing the Lucent360

Oct 7, 2021

The Lucent360’s flexible design gives you the best options to learn everything you need to know to take your photochemical reactions from screen to scale.

Photochemistry of earth-abundant metals

Aug 18, 2021

A recurring theme in our recent articles: there isn’t enough iridium or ruthenium in the earth’s crust to do all the photochemistry we’d like to do at scale.