Can you briefly explain what transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy is and why it is important? Transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy is a pump-and-probe technique used to study the absorption of ...

Jon Chase asks art students to take part in an experiment to find out what makes colours. Relevant for teaching Physics at KS3 or KS4 and National 4/5.

A photosensitizer (PS) is a chemical species that initiates a reaction upon absorption of light. Although the chemical compositions and practical applications of PS' differ widely, they all follow the ...

Surrey NanoSystems of Newhaven, England, has developed what it calls the “world's blackest material.” Formulated primarily as a coating for optical instruments in space, the material, which derives ...

CU Boulder chemist Niels Damrauer and his research colleagues use visible light to break environmentally persistent carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS The strength of the bond between carbon and fluorine ...