WE TORTURE MOLECULES WITH LIGHT AND LISTEN TO THEM SCREAM

Laser-based optical instrumentation which can be used to probe the excited selectronic states of molecules, namely, optical components, namely time-resolved fluorometer, sample holder for flash photolysis and pulsed-laser photo-acoustic instrument, optionally having computer control means, including a personal computer for acquisition of photo-acoustic data, and associated software, namely a Sound Acquisition program for acquiring and processing photo-acoustic waveforms and a Sound Analysis program for the deconvolution and analysis of photo-acoustic waveforms