Efficient Scale-up of Photoredox Coupling Reactions
Learn how photochemical flow reaction enabled chemists to scale a photoredox cross-coupling of boronic acids in 81% yield with gram per hour throughput
ultraviolet light
Avoiding UV Light Hazards in the Lab
UV light equipment in biological safety cabinets, germicidal lamps, transluminators, and Wood’s lamps can all have harmful effects
Breakthrough Could Launch Organic Electronics beyond Cell Phone Screens
In the short term, the advance should particularly help with organic light-emitting diodes that operate at high energy to emit colors such as green and blue
Sunscreen Confusion May Burn Shoppers
Consumers rely too much on sunscreen SPF values, confused by terminology
Separating Rare Earth Metals With UV Light
Europium and yttrium can be recovered from red lamp phosphor, a powder that is used in fluorescent lamps such as neon tubes
Invisible Light Bursts Keeping Animals Away From Power Lines
Animals may avoid high voltage power cables because of flashing UV light that is undetectable to humans, scientists say.
New Kind of Ultraviolet LED could Lead to Portable, Low-Cost Devices
Commercial uses for ultraviolet (UV) light are growing, and now a new kind of LED under development at The Ohio State University could lead to more portable and low-cost uses of the technology.