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Laser Flash Photolysis

Description: An excitation technique used to study the reactions of transient species in chemical and biological systems

Recommended Product: Quantel Brilliant

Applied Photophysics LKS.60 Laser Flash Photolysis system LKS.60 Laser Flash Photolysis system - picture courtesy of Applied Photophysics

Laser Flash Photolysis is one of the most effective methods for studying the reactions of transient species such as radicals, excited states or ions, in chemical and biological systems.

A typical Laser Flash Photolysis spectrometer will consist of a nanosecond pulsed laser (pump), a xenon lamp (probe) and a spectrometer. The laser pump source provides a single wavelength excitation with nanosecond resolution and generates transient chemical and biological species in the sample. These excited states, radicals and ions undergo chemical and physical interactions and hence their varying absorption characteristics can be directly observed. The varying absorbtion characteristics are measured via the xenon lamp and spectrometer.

Laser Flash Photolysis absorbtion spectrum

This technique is compatible with liquid, gaseous, and solid samples and is now widely used in bio-chemical research, such as electron transport in cytochromes or protein folding.

We work very closely with Applied Photophysics , who routinely use the Quantel Brilliant nanosecond pulsed laser in their LKS.60 Laser Flash Photolysis system as shown in the picture above.