UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
Block Diagram:
Vendors for this instrument:
Agilent Technologies
Buck Scientific
Cecil Instruments Ltd.
Environmental Express
JASCO
Articles where UV-Vis Spectrophotometry is used:
Cremona, A. A., Laguardia, L. L., Vassallo, E. E., Ambrosone, G. G., Coscia, U. U., Orsini, F. F., & Poletti, G.
G. (2005). Optical and structural properties of siliconlike films prepared by plasma-enhanced
chemical-vapor deposition. Journal Of Applied Physics, 97(2), 023533. Accessed March 25, 2012.
Wolfgang Haiss, Nguyen T. K. Thanh, Jenny Aveyard, and David G. Fernig. Determination of Size and
Concentration of Gold Nanoparticles from UV−Vis Spectra. Anal. Chem., 2007, 79 (11), pp 4215–
4221.
Yu, X., Zhao, M., Hu, J., Zeng, S., & Bai, X. (2012). Correspondence analysis of antioxidant
activity and UV–Vis absorbance of Maillard reaction products as related to reactants.
LWT - Food Science & Technology, 46(1), 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2011.11.010.
Common Uses for UV-Vis Spectrophotometry:
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UV-Vis spectrophotometry can be used for the quantitative/qualitative determination of
chlorofores.
UV-Vis spectrophotometry can also be used to determine the percent transmittance of different
samples to determine absorbance of light.