The UK eScience initiative has undertaken the unenviable task of providing the scientistwith computational tools to enhance the way in which science is performed.In this work, the experimental measurement of polarisation dependent reflectancesecond harmonic generation at the air/liquid interface was examined and tools producedto aid the process. All stages of the process are considered, the experimental stage, thedata workup and publication of results.Specifically covered were tools for remote monitoring and control of the experiment,automated archival and retrieval of raw data, and automated processing of data andhandling of these derived results.The tools were then used to investigate the behaviour of the laser dye Rhodamine6G at the air/water interface. The ease and reliability of recall of data afforded by thetools caused concerns to be raised about the repeatability of the experiment, and hencethe surface of pure water samples was also examined. The water data confirmed theacceptable bounds of the experimental results showing the Rhodamine 6G behaviourdid not follow the accepted model for bulk concentration of around 1 ? 10?5 mol dm?3but did conform to the model at other concentrations.