Condensed-phase molecular spectroscopy and photophysics

"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."

2.1. Classical Description of Light2.2. Quantum Mechanical Description of Light; 2.3. Fourier Transform Relationships Between Time and Frequency; 2.4. Blackbody Radiation; 2.5. Light Sources for Spectroscopy; References and Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 3: Radiation-Matter Interactions; 3.1. The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation; 3.2. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory; 3.3. Interaction of Matter with the Classical Radiation Field; 3.4. Interaction of Matter with the Quantized Radiation Field; References and Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 4: Absorption and Emission of Light.

4.1. Einstein Coefficients for Absorption and Emission4.2. Other Measures of Absorption Strength; 4.3. Radiative Lifetimes; 4.4. Oscillator Strengths; 4.5. Local Fields; Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 5: System-Bath Interactions; 5.1. Phenomenological Treatment of Relaxation and Lineshapes; 5.2. The Density Matrix; 5.3. Density Matrix Methods in Spectroscopy; 5.4. Exact Density Matrix Solution for a Two-Level System; References and Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 6: Symmetry Considerations; 6.1. Qualitative Aspects of Molecular Symmetry; 6.2. Introductory Group Theory.

6.3. Finding the Symmetries of Vibrational Modes of a Certain Type6.4. Finding the Symmetries of All Vibrational Modes; Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 7: Molecular Vibrations and Infrared Spectroscopy; 7.1. Vibrational Transitions; 7.2. Diatomic Vibrations; 7.3. Anharmonicity; 7.4. Polyatomic Molecular Vibrations: Normal Modes; 7.5. Symmetry Considerations; 7.6. Isotopic shifts; 7.7. Solvent Effects on Vibrational Spectra; References and Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 8: Electronic Spectroscopy; 8.1. Electronic Transitions; 8.2. Spin and Orbital Selection Rules.

8.2.1. Electric Dipole Transitions8.2.2. Electric Quadrupole Transitions; 8.2.3. Magnetic Dipole Transitions; 8.2.4. Polyatomic Molecules; 8.3. Spin-Orbit Coupling; 8.4. Vibronic Structure; 8.5. Vibronic Coupling; 8.6. The Jahn-Teller Effect; 8.7. Considerations in Large Molecules; 8.8. Solvent Effects on Electronic Spectra; Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 9: Photophysical Processes; 9.1. Jablonski Diagrams; 9.2. Quantum Yields and Lifetimes; 9.3. Fermi's Golden Rule for Radiationless Transitions; 9.4. Internal Conversion and Intersystem Crossing.

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Review of Time-Independent Quantum Mechanics; 1.1. States, Operators, and Representations; 1.2. Eigenvalue Problems and the Schrödinger Equation; 1.3. Expectation Values, Uncertainty Relations; 1.4. The Particle in a Box; 1.5. Harmonic Oscillator; 1.6. The Hydrogen Atom and Angular Momentum; 1.7. Approximation Methods; 1.8. Electron Spin; 1.9. The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation; 1.10. Molecular Orbitals; 1.11. Energies and Time Scales; Separation of Motions; Further Reading; Problems; CHAPTER 2: Electromagnetic Radiation.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.