Rapid reaction monitoring with mid-IR dual comb spectroscopy: LIVE demonstration

Webinar: Rapid reaction monitoring with mid-IR dual comb spectroscopy: LIVE demonstration, with Raphael Horvath and Florian Eigenmann

Understanding the mechanism of a chemical reaction is an important step away from trial-and-error-based reaction optimization. By studying the structures of intermediates, for how long they exist, and the ways in which they can and cannot react, reactions can be intelligently designed and controlled. Infrared absorption is a prime choice for such reaction monitoring tasks due to its sensitivity and specificity. However, the achievable speed is often limited by the available instrumentation. 

In this webinar, we will show a full reaction monitoring workflow from setup to result recovery with the IRis-F1 spectrometer and focus on the high signal-to-noise ratios that can be achieved at millisecond time scales without experiment repetition. Continuous reaction monitoring with 220 spectra/second can be achieved with a high spectral resolution of better than 0.3cm-1 which results in a paradigm change in infrared spectroscopy.