UV Photoreactor 254 nm and 310 nm


Our UV Photoreactor Lucent360 is available with LED light sources at 254 nm, 300 nm, 310 nm, 340 nm, 365 nm as well as visible light (see here). This UV photoreactor Lucent360 is capable to perform experiments with several wavelengths simultaneously and a temperature controlled from 0°C to 80°C. The glassware is available in quartz material.

 

 

Lucent UV Side Lights


Lucent UV Bottom Lights

We tested the Lucent360 UV capability using 2 different reactions; an actinometric reaction using the photoisomerization of a azobenzene (Fig. 1) and a [2+2] photocycloaddition of maleimide and 1-hexyne (Fig. 2).

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Figure 2

 

Quartz Vials Available Here

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