In addition to its use as a model system to introduce students to the foundational concepts of quantum mechanics in the lecture hall, the 'particle-in-a-box' model has been utilized in a laboratory setting. Certain experimental systems, when probed spectroscopically, can be approximated as if they were 'particle-in-a-box' problems . Similarly, simple experiments to generate solvated electrons can also serve as accessible introductions to systems that can be modeled via particle-in-a-box strategies .