Photochemistry in a soft-glass single-ring hollow-core photonic crystal fibre

Cubillas AM, Jiang X, Euser TG, Taccardi N, Etzold B, Wasserscheid P, Russell PSJ (2017)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Book Volume: 142

Pages Range: 925-929

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1039/C6AN02144A

Abstract

A hollow-core photonic crystal fibre (HC-PCF), guided by photonic bandgap effects or anti-resonant reflection, offers strong light confinement and long photochemical interaction lengths in a microscale channel filled with a solvent of refractive index lower than that of glass (usually fused silica). These unique advantages have motivated its recent use as a highly efficient and versatile microreactor for liquid-phase photochemistry and catalysis. In this work, we use a single-ring HC-PCF made from a high-index soft glass, thus enabling photochemical experiments in higher index solvents. The optimized light-matter interaction in the fibre is used to strongly enhance the reaction rate in a proof-of-principle photolysis reaction in toluene.

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Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Germany (DE)

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APA:

Cubillas, A.M., Jiang, X., Euser, T.G., Taccardi, N., Etzold, B., Wasserscheid, P., & Russell, P.S.J. (2017). Photochemistry in a soft-glass single-ring hollow-core photonic crystal fibre. Analyst, 142(6), 925-929. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6AN02144A

MLA:

Cubillas, Ana M., et al. "Photochemistry in a soft-glass single-ring hollow-core photonic crystal fibre." Analyst 142.6 (2017): 925-929.

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