Instrumentation

Chemical lab

FLS 1000 spectrofluorometer (Edinburgh Instruments)

(equiped with Xenon lamp (CW), Microsecond Flashlamp, VPL and EPL lasers, PMT-1400 detector, PMT-980 detector, Hibrid detector combining PMT and APD, TCSPC/MCS/counter module, Integrating sphere for fluorescence quantum yield measurements, Excitation and Emission Polarizers for anisotropy measurements, 4-sample chamber holder with temperature control system for -15°C up to 110°C, Double-excitation and Double-emission Monochromators). This spectrofluorimetr is suitable for determination of quantum yields of singlet oxygen production based on the detection of phosphorescence of singlet oxygen.

FS5 spectrofluorometer (Edinburgh Instruments) equipped with TSCPC module and with extension to NIR (photomultiplier R2658P)

Shimadzu UV-2401PC spectrophotometer

Shimadzu UV-2600 spectrophotometer

(wavelength range of the UV-2600 extended to the near-infrared region of 1400 nm)

Red Helium-Neon Laser (633 nm, Newport)

Newport series Q arc lamp source (100W Xe-ozone free lamp)

Set for in vitro testing of photodynamic activity
(Newport research arc lamp source 450-1000W Xe-ozone free lamp)

HPLC system (Shimadzu) with DAD detector for semipreparative analysis

Autolab PGSTAT101 potentiostat in Faraday cage

(three electrode setup consisting of a Pt working electrode, a Pt counter electrode, and an Ag/AgCl reference electrode separated from the bulk solution by an integrated salt bridge)