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This new, expanded edition provides a fresh, photon-based description of modern molecular spectroscopy and photophysics, with applications that are drawn from across the breadth of chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science, including recent developments. The focus is on the mechanisms that operate at the fundamental level, on how light absorption and scattering occur in molecules, what happens to the energy which the molecules acquire, and what may be learned from the study of these processes. Mathematics is again kept to a minimum though quantitative understanding is nevertheless put into practice via example calculations throughout the text. With the aid of extensive, purposely devised illustrations, this approach fosters a deeper intuition for the photophysical processes involved in light‒matter interaction, aiming to consolidate the principles and to exemplify how widely ranging information can be derived from spectroscopic studies.
This excellent book is pitched just at the right level for an undergraduate or introductory graduate course. For instance, it discusses fundamental spectroscopy, that many students will have seen before in standard courses, then connects those concepts to more advanced and applied topics.
Gregory D. Scholes, FRS, FRSCan, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
List of Symbols
1 Introduction to molecular spectroscopy and photophysics
2 Atoms and molecules: developing principles of electronic structure
3 Polyatomic molecules: orbitals, symmetry and group theory
4 Electronic and nuclear energy levels in molecules
5 Small molecule rotational energy levels and spectra
6 Diatomic and triatomic molecules: vibrations and spectra
7 Vibrational states in large molecules: infrared absorption spectroscopy
8 Raman scattering and spectral interpretation
9 Electronic and vibrational states in large molecules
10 Electronic transitions, colours, and detection
11 After light is absorbed: photophysics in an excited electronic state
12 Molecular fluorescence
13 Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
14 Chiral phenomena and optical activity
15 Multiphoton processes in molecules
Bibliography