Research Highlight

This Research Highlight focuses on the results published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society of our customers from Sweden. The researchers used the FLS1000 photoluminescence and LP980 transient absorption spectrometers to facilitate their research on exploring mechanisms for more efficient photon-upconversion.

This application note highlights the recently published results in Nature Communications of our customers from India who used the FLS-series photoluminescence and the LP980 transient absorption spectrometers to facilitate their research.

Photoredox catalysis is a powerful approach that uses light to unlock new molecular synthesis pathways. Light excites a photosensitiser molecule which transfers an electron to the substrate molecule. The resulting pair of radicals can then recombine or escape their solvent cage to generate reaction products. Understanding the mechanism of the reaction is essential to optimise its conditions and maximise its yield. This is what Dr Troian-Gautier’s team set out to do, using a combination of different reaction schemes and spectroscopic techniques. Find out more.

Featured in the prominent Science Advances journal, this exceptional research into intramolecular Förster-type triplet-to-singlet energy transfer in a donor-bridge-acceptor (DBA) dyad was led by Prof. Karl Börjesson at the University of Gothenburg and team of researchers across Sweden utilising Edinburgh Instruments FLS1000 and LP980 Spectrometers.

Researchers from Birmingham University have developed a new complex for DNA sensing in collaboration with Edinburgh Instruments. Find out how our FLS1000 Spectrometer was used in this research.

The ideal anticancer drug would be one that is effective at killing rapidly producing cells, is targeted directly to the tumour location, and is non-toxic until it reaches the diseased area. Platinum-II (PtII) based chemotherapy drugs have been life changing for many, with the most common drug, Cisplatin, providing treatment and cures for cancerous diseases in the bladder, breast, cervix, lung, ovaries, and head and neck, to name a few.

Understanding and optimising novel materials for the next generation of fuel sources for our energy needs that are efficient, affordable, and carbon neutral is of paramount importance for generations to come. Photocatalytic materials that can harvest sunlight and generate hydrogen gas (H2) from water is highly sought after given the enormous energy released and environmentally friendly by-product of water when burning this gas for energy. Find out more.

Researchers in Fujian, China, led by Rong Cao and Zu-Jin Lin, have developed a new method for sensing ClO- employing fluorescence spectroscopy and novel metal organic frameworks. The authors used an Edinburgh Instruments FS5 Spectrofluorometer to characterize and optimise the sensor’s response towards ClO- . They then employed this sensor to detect ascorbic acid, an essential nutrient for the human body.

Engineering new materials with unique and valuable electronic and optical properties is paramount in the design of new devices from memory storage to creating the next generation of organic photovoltaic solar cells.

Light-driven photocatalytic reactions are featured prominently across all fields of science, from the energetically uphill processes of photosynthesis in plants, to water-splitting solar fuels, and even disinfection of water, and improving synthetic reactions.