Explore this year's theme, "Picture Perfect Chemistry," with a collection of articles and educational resources on photography, imaging, and the chemical reactions that help bring photos to life.
National Chemistry Week, a community-based annual event uniting ACS local sections, businesses, schools, and individuals in communicating and promoting the value of chemistry in our everyday life, is being celebrated October 20–26, 2024 with the theme "Picture Perfect Chemistry". The Journal of Chemical Education has a wide range of articles for exploring and experimenting with topics on photography and imaging. These materials can be used to motivate students, illustrate important chemical concepts, and communicate the value of chemistry. Make the most of this annual celebration by connecting chemistry to students’ everyday lives through resources from the Journal of Chemical Education.
Experimenting with Photography
A Photographic Process Using Easily Available Reagents
Sergey Slyusarev
Journal of Chemical Education 2020 97 (12), 4420-4424
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00467
Integrating Aesthetics Education into Chemistry Education: Students Perceive, Appreciate, Explore, and Create the Beauty of Chemistry in Scientific Photography Activity
Yizhou Ling, Jiamin Xiang, Kai Chen, Junyao Zhang, and Hongyan Ren
Journal of Chemical Education 2020 97 (6), 1556-1565
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00857
Writing with Sunlight: Recreating a Historic Experiment
Simeen Sattar and Robert J. Olsen
Journal of Chemical Education 2018 95 (11), 2006-2008
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00510
Understanding Photography as Applied Chemistry: Using Talbot’s Calotype Process To Introduce Chemistry to Design Students
Esther S. Rösch and Silke Helmerdig
Journal of Chemical Education 2017 94 (7), 916-921
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00932
The Chemistry of Photography: Still a Terrific Laboratory Course for Nonscience Majors
Simeen Sattar
Journal of Chemical Education 2017 94 (2), 183-189
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00400
Photochemistry and Pinhole Photography: An Interdisciplinary Experiment
Angeliki A. Rigos and Kevin Salemme
Journal of Chemical Education 1999 76 (6), 736A
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p736A
Exploring Cyanotype Photography
The Cyanotype Process and Its Potential in Chemistry Education
Alexander Kmet’, Anna Drozdíková, Soňa Nagyová, and Peter Ikhardt
Journal of Chemical Education 2023 100 (6), 2367-2372
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c01089
A New Approach toward Cyanotype Photography Using Tris-(oxalato)ferrate(III): An Integrated Experiment
Pablo Alejandro Fiorito and André Sarto Polo
Journal of Chemical Education 2015 92 (10), 1721-1724
DOI: 10.1021/ed500809n
Introducing the Human Element in Chemistry by Synthesizing Blue Pigments and Creating Cyanotypes in a First-Year Chemistry Course
Olivier Morizot, Eric Audureau, Jean-Yves Briend, Gaetan Hagel, and Florence Boulc’h
Journal of Chemical Education 2015 92 (1), 74-78
DOI: 10.1021/ed5000229
Prussian Blue: Artists' Pigment and Chemists' Sponge
Mike Ware
Journal of Chemical Education 2008 85 (5), 612
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p612
Blueprint Photography by the Cyanotype Process
Glen D. Lawrence and Stuart Fishelson
Journal of Chemical Education 1999 76 (9), 1216A
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1216
Investigating Chemistry through Imaging
Digital Image Colorimetry Smartphone Determination of Acetaminophen
Heather James and Kevin C. Honeychurch
Journal of Chemical Education 2024 101 (1), 187-196
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00659
Portable Quantitative Chemical Analysis: Digital Image Colorimetric Detection of Fe(III) with Curcumin Paper
Supacha Wirojsaengthong, Wanlapa Aeungmaitrepirom, Fuangfa Unob, Saowarux Fuangswasdi, Puttaruksa Varanusupakul, Kanphitcha Mueangdech, Thirachat Treetos, and Pumidech Puthongkham
Journal of Chemical Education 2023 100 (9), 3604-3611
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00483
Using an Infrared Camera to Visualize a Simple Demonstration of Changing the Internal Energy of a System
Qiang Fu, Hui Su, Guofu Wang, and Li Liu
Journal of Chemical Education 2021 98 (10), 3277-3283
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01438
Glowing-in-the-Screen: Teaching Fluorescence with a Homemade Accessible Setup
Micaela Hamer, Agustina Maria Beraldi, Sergio G. J. Gomez, Facundo Ortega, Diego Onna, and Mariana Hamer
Journal of Chemical Education 2021 98 (8), 2625-2631
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00328
Designing and 3D Printing an Improved Method of Measuring Contact Angle in the Middle School Classroom
Charles D. Crowe, Albanie K. Hendrickson-Stives, Stephanie L. Kuhn, Jennifer B. Jackson, and Christine D. Keating
Journal of Chemical Education 2021 98 (6), 1997-2004
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00098
Review of Student-Built Spectroscopy Instrumentation Projects
Michelle L. Kovarik, Julia R. Clapis, and K. Ana Romano-Pringle
Journal of Chemical Education 2020 97 (8), 2185-2195
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00404
Invisibility Cloaks and Hot Reactions: Applying Infrared Thermography in the Chemistry Education Laboratory
Travis C. Green, Rebekkah H. Gresh, Desiree A. Cochran, Kaitlyn A. Crobar, Peter M. Blass, Alexis D. Ostrowski, Dean J. Campbell, Charles Xie, and Andrew T. Torelli
Journal of Chemical Education 2020 97 (3), 710-718
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00789
Smartphone Visualization of Thermal Phenomena with Thermal Imaging Accessories
Xinhua Xu, Meifen Wu, and Xiaogang Wang
Journal of Chemical Education 2019 96 (11), 2545-2552
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00131
Exploring Thermal Effects and Behaviors of Chemical Substances Using an Infrared Camera
Choun Pei Wong and R. Subramaniam
Journal of Chemical Education 2019 96 (10), 2339-2344
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00976
Adapted-Consumer-Technology Approach to Making Near-Infrared-Reflectography Visualization of Paintings and Murals Accessible to a Wider Audience
Alexa Torres and McKenzie A. Floyd
Journal of Chemical Education 2019 96 (6), 1129-1135
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00808
Investigating Dissolution and Precipitation Phenomena with a Smartphone Microscope
Gregg J. Lumetta and Edgar Arcia
Journal of Chemical Education 2016 93 (10), 1754-1759
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00248
Teaching Beer’s Law and Absorption Spectrophotometry with a Smart Phone: A Substantially Simplified Protocol
Thomas S. Kuntzleman and Erik C. Jacobson
Journal of Chemical Education 2016 93 (7), 1249-1252
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00844
A Fresh Look at the Crystal Violet Lab with Handheld Camera Colorimetry
Theodore R. Knutson, Cassandra M. Knutson, Abbie R. Mozzetti, Antonio R. Campos, Christy L. Haynes, and R. Lee Penn
Journal of Chemical Education 2015 92 (10), 1692-1695
DOI: 10.1021/ed500876y
Visualizing Chemistry with Infrared Imaging
Charles Xie
Journal of Chemical Education 2011 88 (7), 881-885
DOI: 10.1021/ed1009656
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