We view the photon as a reagent for initiating photoreactions and as a product of the deactivation of electronically excited molecules Our group is developing a novel field termed supramolecular photochemistry, or photochemistry beyond the conventional intellectual and scientific constraints implied by the term molecule. In supramolecular processes non-covalent bonds between molecules play a role analogous to that of covalent bonds between atoms Physical organic Chemist/Photochemist Material chemist Professor Nicholas turro9 We view the photon as a reagent for initiating photoreactions and as a product of the deactivation of electronically excited molecules. Physical Organic Chemist / Photochemist Material Chemist: Professor Nicholas Turro Our group is developing a novel field termed "supramolecular" photochemistry, or photochemistry beyond the conventional intellectual and scientific constraints implied by the term "molecule". In supramolecular processes non-covalent bonds between molecules play a role analogous to that of covalent bonds between atoms