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Beni B. Dangi; Maggie A. Cooper; Nathaniel Carnegie; Judy Clark – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025
A laboratory experiment has been designed for teaching laboratories aimed at training students in the basics of spectroscopy in junior and senior level undergraduate chemistry courses. Despite the ubiquity of light-based tools in modern science, students often find it difficult to comprehend light and light-matter interactions. A portable…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Spectroscopy
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Zhao, Yanlu; Lim, Minyoung; Choi, Sungmoon; Yu, Junhua – Journal of Biological Education, 2022
The attractive photophysical properties of luminescent nanoparticles have prompted numerous studies on their synthesis and biological applications. Due to the complexity of components, sizes, morphologies, and strong light scattering of the nanoparticles the absorption spectrum alone is not enough for characterising and analysing the real…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Cytology, Light, Science Instruction
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Wallace, Colin S.; Prather, Edward E.; Hornstein, Seth D.; Burns, Jack O.; Schlingman, Wayne M.; Chambers, Timothy G. – Physics Teacher, 2016
Light and spectroscopy are among the most important and frequently taught topics in introductory college-level general education astronomy courses (hereafter Astro 101). This is due to the fact that the vast majority of observational data studied by astronomers arrives at Earth in the form of light. While there are many processes by which matter…
Descriptors: Radiation, Molecular Structure, Tutoring, Lecture Method
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Pham, Susan N.; Kuether, Joshua E.; Gallagher, Miranda J.; Hernandez, Rodrigo Tapia; Williams, Denise N.; Zhi, Bo; Mensch, Arielle C.; Hamers, Robert J.; Rosenweig, Zeev; Fairbrother, Howard; Krause, Miriam O. P.; Feng, Z. Vivian; Haynes, Christy L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
In recent years, nanomaterials have entered our daily lives via consumer products; thus, it has become increasingly important to implement activities to introduce these novel materials into chemistry curricula. Here we introduce a newly developed fluorescent nanomaterial, carbon dots, as a more environmentally friendly alternative to heavy-metal…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Electronic Equipment, Spectroscopy, Science Instruction
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Johnson, R. Jeremy; Hoops, Geoffrey C.; Savas, Christopher J.; Kartje, Zachary; Lavis, Luke D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Enzyme kinetics measurements are a standard component of undergraduate biochemistry laboratories. The combination of serine hydrolases and fluorogenic enzyme substrates provides a rapid, sensitive, and general method for measuring enzyme kinetics in an undergraduate biochemistry laboratory. In this method, the kinetic activity of multiple protein…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, College Science, Undergraduate Study
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Jenkins, Samir V.; Gohman, Taylor D.; Miller, Emily K.; Chen, Jingyi – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The rapid academic and industrial development of nanotechnology has led to its implementation in laboratory teaching for undergraduate-level chemistry and engineering students. This laboratory experiment introduces the galvanic replacement reaction for synthesis of hollow metal nanoparticles and investigates the optical properties of these…
Descriptors: Molecular Structure, Technology, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Instruction
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Wilke, Bryn M.; Castellano, Felix N. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
Photochemical upconversion is a regenerative process that transforms lower-energy photons into higher-energy light through two sequential bimolecular reactions, triplet sensitization of an appropriate acceptor followed by singlet fluorescence producing triplet-triplet annihilation derived from two energized acceptors. This laboratory directly…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Chemistry, Spectroscopy
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Wang, Lihua – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
A new method is introduced for teaching group theory analysis of the infrared spectra of organometallic compounds using molecular modeling. The main focus of this method is to enhance student understanding of the symmetry properties of vibrational modes and of the group theory analysis of infrared (IR) spectra by using visual aids provided by…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Visual Aids, Inorganic Chemistry, Science Instruction
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Mascotti, David P.; Waner, Mark J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
A protein-ligand binding, guided-inquiry laboratory project with potential application across the advanced undergraduate curriculum is described. At the heart of the project are fluorescence and spectrophotometric assays utilizing biotin-4-fluorescein and streptavidin. The use of the same stock solutions for an assay that may be examined by two…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Spectroscopy, Molecular Structure
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Wise, Alyssa; Schank, Patricia; Stanford, Tina; Horsma, Geri – Science Teacher, 2009
In this article, the authors provide a brief overview of the emerging field of nanoscience and why it is an important area of education. They next explain the science behind the new nanoparticulate sunscreens, describe the different elements of the unit, and reflect on some of the opportunities and challenges of teaching nanoscience at the high…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
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Arnquist, Isaac J.; Beussman, Douglas J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2009
Mass spectrometry has become a routine analytical tool in the undergraduate curriculum in the form of GC-MS. While relatively few undergraduate programs have incorporated biological mass spectrometry into their programs, the importance of these techniques, as demonstrated by their recognition with the 2002 Nobel Prize, will hopefully lead to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments
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Gardner, Charles W. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
Raman Spectroscopy was the main topic of the 14th Annual James L. Waters Symposium, which was held in March 2003 at Pittcon. The development of the enabling technologies that have made Raman spectroscopy a routine analysis tool in many laboratories worldwide is discussed.
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Laboratory Equipment, Science Equipment, Light
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Adar, Fran; Delhaye, Michel; DaSilva, Edouard – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
The evolution of Raman instrumentation from the time of the initial report of the phenomenon in 1928 to 2006 is discussed. The first instruments were prism-based spectrographs using lenses for collimation and focusing and the 21st century instruments are also spectrographs, but they use CCD cameras. The Lippmann filter technology that appears to…
Descriptors: Instrumentation, Light, Laboratory Equipment, Photography
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Denson, Stephen C.; Pommier, Carolyn J. S.; Denton, M. Bonner – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
The impact of array detectors in the field of Raman spectroscopy and all low-light-level spectroscopic techniques is examined. The high sensitivity of array detectors has allowed Raman spectroscopy to be used to detect compounds at part per million concentrations and to perform Raman analyses at advantageous wavelengths.
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Science Education, Light, Chemistry
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Wakabayashi, Fumitaka – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
A new type of DVD spectroscope, the periscope type, is described and the numerical analysis of the observed emission and absorption spectra is demonstrated. A small and thin mirror is put inside and an eighth part of a DVD is used as a grating. Using this improved DVD spectroscope, one can observe and photograph visible spectra more easily and…
Descriptors: Photography, Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Spectroscopy
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