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photochemistry

photochemistry

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A branch of science that studies how light makes substances change
  • noun
  • /ˌfoʊtəˈkɛmɪstri/
  • Specialized
: fotociencia
  • In his presentation, McElroy focused on the role of NOx in atmospheric photochemistry.

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  • In their latest study, the scientists explored the intriguing effects of light on chemical reactions within photochemistry.

  • Can you just explain to people though, why from an exoplanet scientist perspective, photochemistry is so important to you?

  • Why, from an exoplanet scientist perspective, photochemistry is so important to you?

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  • So what types of chemists often study photochemistry, DNA like, Well, more broadly, yeah.

  • Francis Blasey who was a student of Phil Leighton's did a lot of photochemistry at UCLA.

  • They took the instruments to an agricultural field in the German countryside to study the photochemistry of plant-emitted compounds and OH radicals.

    Academic text (1996)

  • It is evident that the photochemistry process at noon was low, and the absorbed light energy was dissipated mostly by antennae and the reaction center.

    Academic text (2015)

  • For these reasons, organic pellicles for 157 nm are at present the subject of intensive efforts both at the fundamental photochemistry level and at the engineering and implementation levels.

    Academic text (2001)

  • And I would say that they're vastly more physical chemists and biophysical chemists working on photochemistry than on spectroscopy.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • Visible wavelengths, stimulating the photochemistry of the eye, are 0.4 µm to 0.7 µm.

    Academic text (1994)

Surface Forms

photochemistry singular
photochemistries plural

Morphology

photochemistry = chemistry (transparent) = photo + chemistry

The word is a straightforward combination of the prefix 'photo-' meaning light and 'chemistry', referring to the branch of chemistry dealing with light-induced reactions.

Etymology

Photochemistry uses the Greek root photo- meaning 'light', the same photo- you see in photograph, plus the familiar word chemistry. So, photochemistry literally means 'light chemistry' and is the study of chemical changes caused by light.