Herein, we report the first fully automated continuous-flow platform for fluorescence quenching studies and Stern-Volmer analysis. All the components of the platform were automated and controlled by a self-written Python script. A user-friendly software allows even inexperienced operators to perform automated screening of novel quenchers or Stern-Volmer analysis, thus accelerating and facilitating both reaction discovery and mechanistic studies. The operational simplicity of our system affords a time and labor reduction over batch methods while increasing the accuracy and reproducibility of the data produced. Finally, the applicability of our platform is elucidated through relevant case studies.
Keywords: Stern-Volmer; automation; continuous flow; fluorescence quenching experiments; photoredox catalysis.
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