We’ve come a long way since the early experiments of Prof. Giacomo Ciamician
Fuels from Solar Energy. A Dream of Giacomo Ciamician, the Father of Photochemistry
Our laser and spectroscopy facilities provide the full range of tools to do mechanistic photochemistry.
- Nanosecond laser flash photolysis (LabView controlled data acquisition system for transient absorption processes 10 ns and slower):
- Time-correlated single photon counting (lifetimes of fluorescent states produced by wavelength-doubled and cavity dumped output from a Tsunami Ti:Sapphire laser):
- Steady-state fluorescence:
- Edinburgh FLS920 with red-sensitive PMT for singlet oxygen and NIR luminescence
- Cryostat for phosphorescence and variable temperature work
- Cary Eclipse fluorimeter for solution and solid-state fluorescence
- UV/Vis/NIR absorption spectrometers (JASCO V-570, Beckman DU640)
- Synthesis of photochemically active dyes, precursors and polymers: