All Photochemistry articles
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Opinion
Elizabeth Fulhame, the 18th century chemistry pioneer who faded from history
More than 200 years ago, a female chemist introduced the concept of catalysis and made early steps towards photography. Rachel Brazil develops her story
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Webinar
Broadband benchtop NMR spectroscopy: it’s more than just protons
Join us on 29 June for an introduction to broadband NMR spectroscopy – and see how the Oxford Instruments X-Pulse enables applications using a wide range of nuclei
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Research
Spotlight shone on sped up photochemical reactions in droplets
Light can produce ‘hot spots’ in aerosols that supercharge reaction rates
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Research
Plasmonic catalyst smashes record for reducing vital chemical feedstock
Chalcogenide catalyses reduction of nitroaromatics used in everything from paints, plastics and pharmaceuticals
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Research
Massive Australian wildfires caused new damage to the ozone layer
Smoke particles caused a drop in chlorine-binding chemicals that set back the ozone layer’s recovery by 10 years
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Webinar
Shine a light on your chemistry with in-situ photo-NMR
Understand more about your photochemistry by observing molecular changes dynamically with benchtop NMR spectroscopy
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Opinion
James LuValle, a chemist who broke the colour barrier
Sports or science? There was never really any competition for a Black Olympian who made significant contributions to Kodak’s colour film, as Hayley Bennett discovers
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Research
Blue light squeezes out heteroatoms from small rings
Photochemical ring editing reaction allows complete molecular shape change in a single step
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Research
Photocatalyst couples denitrification and water splitting to manage nitrate pollution
Hydrogen gas generated in situ serves as reducing agent
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Research
Nanomaterial stores radicals to power photopolymerisation in the dark
Reaction driven by long-lived radicals experiences fewer side reactions than photopolymerisation under light irradiation
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Research
Blue light triggers ‘unprecedented’ reaction in old catalyst
Traditional iridium intermediate switches from allylic substitution to cross coupling when exposed to blue light
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Research
Surprise as nickel vapour is found in comet tails far too cold for metal sublimation
Discovery points to unusual organometallic chemistry going on in deep space
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News
How Covid gave the world a lesson in tackling air pollution
The pandemic has given atmospheric chemists the opportunity to study pollution and carbon emissions like never before
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Opinion
Vivian Yam: ‘Teaching and research go hand in hand’
The innovative photochemist on rigour, iconic discoveries and starting from scratch
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Research
Nitrogen radical chemistry sees the light
Daniele Leonori explains how his group is taking inspiration from 30-year-old chemistry to devise shorter syntheses for bioactive compounds
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Research
Aniline synthesis turns to photochemistry to access challenging targets
New photochemical strategy could jump in where common cross-coupling reactions fall short
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Webinar
Illuminating research with the LightOx PhotoReact 365 benchtop photoreactor
Learn about the LightOx PhotoReact – a benchtop photoreactor enabling reproducible irradiation for photochemical and photobiological applications
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Opinion
Janine Cossy: ‘Negative results are more important’
The synthetic chemist on champagne, art and living in Paris
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Research
Your new labmate does 700 reactions in eight days – and it’s a robot
Robotic chemist optimises water-splitting photocatalyst by working continuously for eight days even in complete darkness
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Research
First glimpse caught of how a molecule changes when it absorbs light
X-rays enable direct observation of the initial step of a light-driven reaction