Photochem, Volume 2, Issue 3

Coulomb explosion experiments using linearly polarized intense 60 fs laser pulses were conducted for structural characterization of three dichloroethylene (DCE) isomers, 1,1-DCE, cis-1,2-DCE, and trans-1,2-DCE. Under relatively low laser intensity at...

Photosystem II (PSII) is the unique pigment–protein complex that is capable of evolving molecular oxygen using solar energy. The activity of PSII determines the overall productivity of all oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. It is well known tha...

In this work, prereactive complexes, reaction products, and conformational preferences derived from the photochemical reaction between CS₂ and ClF were analyzed following the codeposition of the reactants trapped in argon matrices at cryogenic temper...

Presented study included human blood from healthy people and patients with BReast CAncer gene (BRCA) mutation. We used Raman spectroscopy for BRCA mutation detection and the bioanalytical characterization of pathologically changed samples. The aim of...

Novel metal oxide/polymer composite photocatalysts prepared by photocuring with common metal oxide particles (ZnO or CeO₂) and acrylic ester monomers have been investigated for the first time. Metal oxide particles were fully integrated with the acry...

Pyromellitic acid diimides are not as chemically unreactive as conjecturable (and presupposed) from their numerous applications as electron acceptor units or electron carriers in molecular donor–acceptor dyads or triads. Similar to the correspo...

The design of molecular solar fuels is challenging because of the long list of requirements these molecules have to fulfil: storage density, solar harvesting capacity, robustness, and heat release ability. All of these features cause a paradoxical de...

Merocyanines with embedded butadiene structure in a cyclohexane scaffold are readily obtained by consecutive three-component alkynylation-addition sequences in moderate to excellent yield. Moreover, employing pyrrolidine as an amine provides a pseudo...

Photocatalysis is a promising route to utilize sunlight, which has been potentially used to solve energy as well as environmental problems with an emphasis on fundamental understanding and technological applications in society. Semiconductors are exc...

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) is a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDCs) having versatile properties and plays a great role in the photodegradation of organic dyes. MoS₂ also finds applications in diverse fields such as catalysis, electronics, and na...

Most dyes used in various industries are toxic and carcinogenic, thus posing a serious hazard to humans as well as to the marine ecosystem. Therefore, the impact of dyes released into the environment has been studied extensively in the last few years...

Photoreforming is a process that connects the redox capability of photocatalysts upon light illumination to simultaneously drive the reduction of protons into hydrogen and the oxidation of organic substrates. Over the past few decades, researchers ha...

Both vibrational-excitation-induced (by (N)IR laser) and spontaneous (by H atom tunneling) conformational changes are often investigated by matrix-isolation spectroscopy. It is well known that rigid hosts, such as solid noble gases, N₂, or normal-H₂,...

This review analyzes the photocatalyzed urea syntheses by TiO₂–based materials. The most outstanding works in synthesizing urea from the simultaneous photocatalyzed reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds are reviewed and discussed....

Aerobic photo-oxidation is a kind of green catalytic process that give valuable chemicals because of its mild reaction conditions and high product selectivity. Recently, small-sized IB metal nanoparticles (NPs; e.g., Cu, Ag, and Au, sized 1–3 n...

ZnO nanocrystals doped with Nd, Gd, and Er were synthesized using a soft chemical process in ambient atmosphere. Pseudospherical and hexagonal nanocrystals (NC) of the wurtzite phase with a mean size of (7.4 ± 1.7) nm were obtained. The presen...

The persistence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in water has been a cause for concern for several years. Many studies have successfully used TiO₂/UV photocatalysis to remove these compounds from water. In order to optimize these...

The study of local polarity at the nanoscale is of crucial importance for the development of smart drug delivery systems and photonic materials and is frequently accomplished with the use of luminescent tracer dyes. Nile Red is often used for this pu...

Herein we present silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-doped inorganic–organic hybrid silica films on glass and polypropylene substrates. A hybrid inorganic–organic silica sol in alcoholic medium was prepared at room temperature using TEOS, GLYMO...

Acrylamide is a small conjugated organic compound widely used in industrial processes and agriculture, generally in the form of a polymer. It can also be formed from food and tobacco as a result of Maillard reaction from reducing sugars and asparagin...