Book description
An introduction to one of the fundamental tools in chemical
research-spectroscopy and photophysics in condensed-phase and
extended systems
A great deal of modern research in chemistry and materials science
involves the interaction of radiation with condensed-phase systems
such as molecules in liquids and solids as well as molecules in more
complex media, molecular aggregates, metals, semiconductors, and
composites. Condensed-Phase Molecular Spectroscopy and
Photophysics was developed to fill the need for a textbook that
introduces the basics of traditional molecular spectroscopy with a
strong emphasis on condensed-phase systems. It also examines optical
processes in extended systems such as metals, semiconductors, and
conducting polymers, and addresses the unique optical properties of
nanoscale systems.
Condensed-Phase Molecular Spectroscopy and Photophysics begins
with an introduction to quantum mechanics that sets a solid foundation
for understanding the text's subsequent topics, including:
- Electromagnetic radiation and radiation-matter interactions
- Molecular vibrations and infrared spectroscopy
- Electronic spectroscopy
- Photophysical processes and light scattering
- Nonlinear and pump-probe spectroscopies
- Electron transfer processes
Each chapter contains problems ranging from simple to complex,
enabling readers to gradually build their skills and problem-solving
abilities. Written for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses
in physical and materials chemistry, this text is uniquely designed to
equip readers to solve a broad array of current problems and
challenges in chemistry.
ANNE MYERS KELLEY earned a BS in chemistry from the University
of California, Riverside, in 1980 and a PhD in biophysical chemistry
from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984. Following
postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, she held faculty
positions at the University of Rochester (1987Â-1999) and Kansas State
University (1999Â-2003) before becoming one of the founding faculty at
the University of California, Merced, in 2003. Her primary research
area has been resonance Raman spectroscopy, linear and nonlinear, but
she has also worked in several other areas of spectroscopy including
single-molecule and line-narrowed fluorescence, four-wave mixing, and
time-resolved methods. She is a Fellow of the American Physical
Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
