Contents
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Author biography
David L Andrews
Robert H Lipson
List of symbols
Chapter 1 Introduction to molecular spectroscopy and photophysics
1.1 The distinctiveness of molecular interactions with light
1.2 Properties of molecules and their spectra
1.3 The electromagnetic spectrum
1.4 Photon properties: polarisation and spin
Chapter 2 Atoms and molecules: developing principles of electronic structure
2.1 Review of atomic orbitals, angular momentum and electron spin
2.2 Multielectron atoms
2.3 Diatomic molecules
2.4 Orbitals and bonding in molecules
Chapter 3 Polyatomic molecules: orbitals, symmetry and group theory
3.1 Symmetry elements
3.2 Point groups and operations: Schoenflies notation
3.3 Matrix representations and character tables
Chapter 4 Electronic and nuclear energy levels in molecules
4.1 The separation of electronic and nuclear motions
4.2 Types of nuclear motions and degrees of freedom
4.3 How far do the atoms move?
Exercise
Exercise
Chapter 5 Small molecule rotational energy levels and spectra
5.1 Diatomic and linear polyatomic molecules
Exercise
5.2 Nuclear spin effects
5.3 Interpreting rotational spectra
Exercise
5.4 Centrifugal distortion
5.5 Non-linear polyatomic molecules
Chapter 6 Diatomics and triatomics: vibrational energy levels and spectra
6.1 Diatomic molecules: harmonic motion
6.2 Anharmonicity and dissociation
Exercise
Exercise
6.3 Vibration–rotation spectra of diatomic molecules
6.4 The vibrations of triatomic molecules
Chapter 7 Large molecule infrared absorption spectroscopy
7.1 Group frequencies and skeletal modes
7.2 Infrared spectroscopy in the condensed phase
7.3 Near-infrared spectroscopy
Chapter 8 Raman scattering and spectral interpretation
8.1 Rayleigh scattering
8.2 Vibrational Raman scattering
Exercise
8.3 Depolarisation ratio
8.4 Resonance Raman spectroscopy
Chapter 9 Electronic and vibrational states in large molecules
9.1 Electronic states, transitions, and molecular structure
9.2 Vibronic structure in electronic absorption spectra
9.3 Vibronic structure in electronic emission spectra
9.4 Transition metal complexes: vibronic coupling in electronic transitions
Chapter 10 Electronic transitions, colours, and detection
10.1 The origins of colour
10.2 Photometry and Beer’s law
Exercise
Exercise
10.3 Organic molecules: conjugation and colour
Chapter 11 After light is absorbed: photophysics in an excited electronic state
11.1 Interplay of excitation and decay
11.2 States accessible to photoexcitation
11.3 Decay channels
Chapter 12 Molecular fluorescence
12.1 Quantum yields and fluorescence measurements
12.2 Transition dipole orientations
12.3 Photoselection and fluorescence anisotropy
12.4 Fluorophores and laser-induced fluorescence imaging
12.5 Quantum dots
Chapter 13 Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
13.1 Mechanism for intermolecular energy transfer
13.2 Spectroscopic shift
13.3 Distance measurements
Exercise
Chapter 14 Chiral phenomena and optical activity
14.1 Criteria for chirality in matter and in light
14.2 Circular dichroism
14.3 Optical rotation
Chapter 15 Multiphoton absorption in molecules
15.1 Two-photon absorption
15.2 Non-resonant two-photon absorption
15.3 Resonant two-photon absorption
15.4 Two-photon spectroscopy
15.5 Higher order processes
Exercise
15.6 Multiphoton imaging and processing
Exercise
Index