Comprehensive chiroptical spectroscopy

"This book provides an introduction to the important methods of chiroptical spectroscopy in general, and circular dichroism (CD) in particular, which are increasingly important in all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, and structural biology. The book can be used as a text for undergraduate and graduate students and as a reference for researchers in academia and industry, with or without the companion volume in this set. Experimental methods and instrumentation are described with topics ranging from the most widely used methods (electronic and vibrational CD) to frontier areas such as nonlinear spectroscopy and photoelectron CD, as well as the theory of chiroptical methods and techniques for simulating chiroptical properties. Each chapter is written by one or more leading authorities with extensive experience in the field."--

Frontmatter -- Color Plates -- Introduction. On the Interaction of Light with Molecules: Pathways to the Theoretical Interpretation of Chiroptical Phenomena / Georges H Wagnïre -- Experimental Methods and Instrumentation. Measurement of the Circular Dichroism of Electronic Transitions / John C Sutherland -- Circularly Polarized Luminescence Spectroscopy and Emission-Detected Circular Dichroism / James P Riehl, Gilles Muller -- Solid-State Chiroptical Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications / Reiko Kuroda, Takunori Harada -- Infrared Vibrational Optical Activity: Measurement and Instrumentation / Laurence A Nafie -- Measurement of Raman Optical Activity / Werner Hug -- Nanosecond Time-Resolved Natural and Magnetic Chiroptical Spectroscopies / David S Kliger, Eefei Chen, Robert A Goldbeck -- Femtosecond Infrared Circular Dichroism and Optical Rotatory Dispersion / Hanju Rhee, Minhaeng Cho -- Chiroptical Properties of Lanthanide Compounds in an Extended Wavelength Range / Lorenzo Di Bari, Piero Salvadori -- Near-Infrared Vibrational Circular Dichroism: NIR-VCD / Sergio Abbate, Giovanna Longhi, Ettore Castiglioni -- Optical Rotation and Intrinsic Optical Activity / Patrick H Vaccaro…