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Atmospheric Photolysis of Volatile Organic Compounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Volatile organic compounds, aka “VOCs”, are gaseous molecules that make up a small but vitally important part of the Earth’s atmosphere. Many of these compounds, whether naturally occurring or man-made (like pollutants from hydrocarbon combustion), react with sunlight and transform their structures over time. Our lab uses time-resolved infrared (IR) spectroscopy to “watch” how a variety of VOCs react with sunlight over time. This way, we can not only determine the atmospheric lifetimes of VOCs, but also the structures of the resulting photoproducts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Solution-Phase Photochemistry of Environmentally Relevant Molecules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to VOCs, there are many larger “non-volatile” photoactive compounds that play important roles in environmental chemistry. From naturally occurring “dissolved organic matter” to pharmaceutical products to industrial waste, our lab investigates a wide variety of photoactive molecules. Whether reacting with sunlight in natural waters or undergoing UV disinfection in wastewater, light initiates a host of interesting chemistry in solution. Here at WCSU, we monitor structural changes resulting from UV or visible irradiation via time-resolved absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence, and\/or mass spectrometry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atmospheric Photolysis of Volatile Organic Compounds Volatile organic compounds, aka “VOCs”, are gaseous molecules that make up a small but vitally important part of the Earth’s atmosphere. Many of these compounds, whether naturally occurring or man-made (like pollutants from hydrocarbon combustion), react with sunlight and transform their structures over time. Our lab uses time-resolved infrared… Read More »Current Research Projects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"contained","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}