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The latest news and research from the Lord Porter Ultra Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory.
Two researchers in the Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory

Study sheds new light on energy conversion in organic semiconductors

The study helps to explain how high energy photons can be converted to pairs of low energy photons, and vice versa, through the processes of down-conversion and up-conversion.
Two renderings of the Fe(II) bipyridine complex

The future iron age

In a piece for Nature Chemistry, Professor Julia Weinstein examines how ultrafast spectroscopy has been used to uncover vibronic coherences in the excited-state dynamics of an iron complex.
A laser shining in the Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory

New study shows improved carbon dioxide reduction through molecular design

The work could play a role in supporting global carbon capture and utilisation efforts.
An oscilloscope in the Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory

PhD opportunity: Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Light-Driven Charge Transfer in Photoactive Metal Complexes with Controllable Reactivity

We have a funded PhD opportunity available with Professor Julia Weinstein, starting in October 2020.

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Two researchers in the Lord Porter Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory

Exploring the Lord Porter Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory

When you hear the word 'lab', you might picture a room full of fume cupboards and beakers. But Sheffield scientists are using our multi-million pound laser facility to study everything from artificial photosynthesis to ultrafast molecular dynamics.