Who we are - what we do

The GDCh Photochemistry division has existed since 1971 and has around 340 members. Your goals in the field of Photochemistry and its border areas are:

 

• to promote the exchange of ideas among experts and to convey technical suggestions,
• to maintain relationships with relevant organizations abroad,
• to anchor or strengthen subject-related teaching in Chemical Education at universities,
• act as a link between industrial development and academic research,
• to promote the next generation of scientists ...

Current focus of work
The field of work represented by the division is interdisciplinary and includes sub-areas of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. In addition to these classic topics, there are overarching focal points:

Photochemical Syntheses
- fine chemicals
- Singlet oxygen catalysis

Mechanistic Photochemistry
- Spectroscopy
- sensors
- quantum chemistry

Photochemistry in Biology and Medicine
- photodynamic therapy
- Photosynthesis and light-driven bioprocesses
- fluorescent markers

Photochemistry in Technology
- wastewater treatment
- lithography
- Solar energy conversion and storage
- Optical information recording and processing
- 3D printing