Anne Myers Kelley 
Condensed-Phase Molecular Spectroscopy and Photophysics [EPUB ebook] 

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.

Sobre o autor

ANNE MYERS KELLEY earned a BS in chemistry from the
University of California, Riverside, in 1980 and a Ph D 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 (1987-1999) and Kansas State University
(1999-2003) 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.