Molecular photophysics and spectroscopy /

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"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- List of symbols -- Author biography -- Introduction to molecular spectroscopy and photophysicsThe electronic and nuclear structure of molecules -- Nuclear motions -- How far do the atoms move? -- Representations of the electronic and vibrational statesMechanism for the absorption of light -- State populations -- The effect of light -- Transition dipole momentSmall molecule rotational energy levels and spectra -- Diatomic and linear polyatomic molecules -- Interpreting rotational spectra -- Centrifugal distortion -- Non-linear polyatomic moleculesDiatomics and triatomics: vibrational energy levels and spectra -- Diatomic molecules -- Vibration-rotation spectra of diatomic molecules -- The vibrations of triatomic moleculesElectronic and vibrational states in large molecules -- Large molecule infrared absorption spectroscopyRaman scattering and spectral interpretation -- Rayleigh scattering -- Raman scattering -- Depolarization ratio -- Resonance Raman spectroscopyTransition rates and selection rules -- Fermi's rule and Beer's law -- Selection rules -- PhotoselectionChiral phenomena and optical activity -- After light is absorbed: photophysics in an excited electronic state -- States accessible to photoexcitation -- Molecular fluorescence emission -- Optical polarization measurements -- Fluorescence resonance energy transferMultiphoton absorption in molecules -- Two-photon absorption -- Doppler-free spectroscopy -- Time-energy uncertainty and resonance -- Higher order processes -- Multiphoton imaging and processing -- Appendix A. The discovery of Raman scattering."This book provides a fresh, photon-based description of modern molecular spectroscopy and photophysics, with applications drawn from across chemistry, biology, physics and materials science. The concise and detailed approach includes some of the most recent developments, dispensing with old-fashioned treatments of theory and instrumentation. Instead, the focus is on how light absorption and scattering occur in molecules, and what happens to the energy the molecules can acquire. The author draws upon his extensive experience of teaching these subjects at university level. Departing from the entrenched pattern of most textbooks, his book provides a modern and amenable treatment, directly meeting the needs of today's scientist. The text is fresh and lively, interspersed with vivid original figures, and there are numerous worked examples, illustrating the principles with real-world examples."Students in physics, chemistry and biology.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader."Following PhD studies in Chemistry at University College London, David Andrews spent two years as a Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics. He then joined the University of East Anglia as Lecturer, gaining a Chair in Chemical Physics in 1996; he has also held Visiting Fellowships at University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and twice at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Prof. Andrews was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1988, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 1999, and a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, in 2006. The interests of his research group broadly concern developing the theory of molecular interactions - with each other, and with light - in terms of quantum electrodynamics (QED). Quantum Electrodynamics is essentially the study of how matter interacts with light, treating both matter and light quantum mechanically. The QED group at UEA has been at the forefront in applications ranging from spectroscopy and nonlinear optics to the intermolecular transport of energy. Prof. Andrews has over 300 research papers and also ten books to his name, including a widely adopted textbook on Lasers in Chemistry; he is also on the Editorial Boards of four international journals. The current focus of his research is on novel mechanisms for optical nanomanipulation and switching, and light-harvesting in nanostructured molecular systems. His group enjoys strong international links, particularly with groups in Canada, Lithuania, New Zealand and the United States. Prof. Andrews was recently Chair of the SPIE Nanotechnology Technical Group and he is currently Chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry Molecular Spectroscopy Group."Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 8, 2014).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9781627052887

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Chemical physics.
Molecular spectroscopy.
Photons.
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David L. Andrews.

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