The mandate of the division is to carry out excellent and relevant research in the area of radiation and photochemistry to obtain fundamental understanding of a chemical system, and to develop technologies for DAE and societal applications. The divisional scientists are pursuing research in the areas of Radiation Chemistry, Molecular Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics in gas, liquid and interfaces, Separation Science, Nano Materials, Sensors, Radioprotectors and other related areas.
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Excitation and probe wavelength: 3-8 nanometre
\r\n• Time resolution: 150 fs
• Wavelength range: 200-900 nm
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Excitation Wavelength: 260 nm, 390 nm, 780 nm, 555 nm-700 nm
\r\n• Probe Wavelength: 340 nm-760 nm and 850 nm-1100 nm
\r\n• Time resolution: 150 fs
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Vacuum level: 10-6-10-7 mbar.
\r\n• Diffusion pump based vacuum operation.
\r\n• Metal and organic material can be deposited.
\r\n• Maximum temperature: 400 Degree Celsius.
2020-10-19/2025-10-31Thermo gravimetric analysis/ Differential Scanning Calorimeter (TGA/DSC), Mettler Toledo STARe thermal analysis system.
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Lamp: 150 W Xe-lamp; Xe-Hg lamp
\r\n• Mixing mode: Double mixing mode
\r\n• Dead time: 2.3 ms
\r\n• Detector: PMT
Edinburg FS-5
• 100 mW/cm2 (solar simulator)
• 300-800nm (IPCE)
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Fluorescence lifetime and intensity imaging based on confocal epi-fluorescence microscopy
\r\n• Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy from sub-nanosecond to seconds for single molecule photophycics&kinetics
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Centrifugal rotary design
\r\n• 96 samples per run using a Rotor-Disc
\r\n• High Resolution melt curve Analysis
\r\n• Two channels spanning UV to infra-red wave length
\r\n• Rotor-Gene Q software
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Lasers: 420-750 nm (dye laser, tunable), 532 nm, 660 nm
\r\n• Resolution: 1 cm-1.
2020-10-19/2025-10-31Electron Pulse Width: 10ps
\r\nElectron pulse rep. rate: 10Hz
\r\nBunch charge: 2nC
\r\nBeam energy: 7MeV
Ekspla/Helios/Edinburgh
2020-10-19/2025-10-31Model VASCO-3, CORDOUAN TECHNOLOGIES, (for measurement of particle size in the range nano to micro-meter)
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Electron energy: 7MeV
\r\n• Pulse width:
\r\n• 25ns (900 mA)
\r\n• 50ns (400 mA)
\r\n• 500ns (90 mA)
\r\n• 2µs (70 mA)
\r\n• Pulse repitation rate:
\r\n• 12.5pps
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Excitation Wavelength: 355 nm, 532 nm, 1064 nm
\r\n• Probe Wavelength: 300-800 nm
\r\n• Time resolution: 7 ns
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Compatible for 6- to 384-well plates
\r\n• Multi-mode detection for absorbance, fluorescence, anisotropy and luminescence measurements.
\r\n• Experiment - endpoints, kinetic, spectral scans and well-area scanning
2020-10-19/2025-10-31(a) Procured from (STR-300, SEKI Technotron, Japan) with specifications:
\r\n(i) Laser wavelength: 532 nm
\r\n(ii) Laser output power: 50 mW
\r\n(iii) Image magnification: 10X, 20X, 50X, 100X
\r\n(iv) Spectral resolution ~ 1.5cm-1
\r\n(v) Spatial resolution~0.5micron (with 100X lens)
\r\n(vi) Peltier cooled CCD detector
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\r\n(b) HORIBA, LAB RAM HR with specifications:
\r\n(i) Laser wavelength: 514, 632, 785 nm
\r\n(ii) Image magnification: 10X, 50X, 100X
\r\n(iii) Spectral resolution ~ 1 cm-1
\r\n(iv) Peltier cooled CCD detector
• Photolysis:193, 248 & 266 nm
• Probe:220-720 nm
• Resolution: 2 cm-1
• Sensitivity: ppb-ppt level
MICROCAL iTC200
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Min Temp. RT
\r\n• Max Temp. 400oC
\r\n• Min Press. Atm
\r\n• Max Temp. 40MPa
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Column: C18 & C8
\r\n• Flow rate : 0.05-10 ml/min
\r\n• Operating Pressure: upto 5000 PSI
\r\n• Detector : UV-vis (200-750 nm)
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• IR: 2200-3700 cm-1
\r\n• Resolution:18 cm-1
\r\n• Inherently intereface-selective and phase-sensitive
(a) GC : Detector: TCD, FID, Packed column facility
(b) GC-MS: Max. Mass=1000 amu
Resolution: 1 amu,
Electron Impact & Chemical Ionization, Quadrupole mass analyzer, Electron Multiplier Detector, Capillary column facility
• Wavelength: 400-800 nm
• FWHM: 40fs
• Rep-rate: 1KHz
• Power: 200mW
Biologic spectrometer (MOS-500)
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Wavelength range: 450-5000 cm-1
\r\n• Resolution:0.1 cm-1
\r\nDiamond single reflectance ATR FT-IR spectrometer (Affinity-1)
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Time resolution: 150 fs
\r\n• Excitation Wavelength: 400 nm, 800 nm
\r\n• Excitation Probe Wavelength range: 1000 – 3500 cm-1
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Excitation: 266-700nm
\r\n• Probe: 300-750nm
\r\n• Time resolution: 150 fs
\r\n• Sample: Liquid, solid
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• 2 A/10 V output
\r\n• 1 microHz to 1 MHz frequency bandwidth
\r\n• FRA
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• VIS: 532 nm
\r\n• IR: 1000-4300 cm-1
\r\n• Spectral Resolution: 2-6 cm-1
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Carbon dioxide Incubator
\r\n• Clean room
\r\n• Clean air work station
\r\n• Fluorescence microscope
\r\n• Centrifuge machine
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• 290 Degree Celsius
\r\n• 125 bar
\r\n• online electrochemical measurement
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Contact
\r\n• Non-contact
\r\n• Conductive
\r\n• Magnetic
\r\n• STM mode
2020-10-19/2025-10-31• Air, Acetylene / N2O, Acetylene
\r\n• Background correction with D2 Lamp
The technology was transferred to M/s. Akay Flavours & Aromatics Pvt. Ltd on 11th December 2017. The group of scientists involved in the development of the technology comprises Dr. B.G. Singh, Mr. R.P. Das, Dr. A. Kunwar and Dr. P.A. Hassan from Radiation & Photochemistry division of BARC.
The technology was transferred to M/s Veena Industries, Nagpur on 28th july 2016 and M/s. Icecube cold storage and food process Ahmednagar on 10th April 2019. The group of scientists involved in the development of the technology comprises Dr. A. Barik, Dr. B.G. Singh, Dr. A. Kunwar and Dr. S. Adhikari from Radiation & Photochemistry division of BARC.
Tapping the potential of Ionizing radiations for nanomaterials synthesis
Radiation chemical studies of Deep Eutectic Solvents
Pulse Radiolysis of a Pyrrolidinium based Ionic Liquids
An indigenously developed nonlinear laser spectrometer that selectively captures the vibration of surface molecule and its absolute orientation, even at a liquid surface.
Extractant/Sorbent-encapsulated Polymeric Beads for Extraction Of Metals / Radionuclides
Recovery of gallium from Bayer's liquor
