Principles of Molecular Photochemistry: An Introduction
Principles of Molecular Photochemistry: An Introduction develops photochemical and photophysical concepts from a small set of familiar principles. Developed from Nick Turro’s best-selling text for three decades – Modern Molecular Photochemistry – this updated primer introduces an initial paradigm that relates the photon and a reactant molecular structure to photochemistry through the structure and dynamics of electronically excited states, reactive intermediates and products.
Summary
Principles of Molecular Photochemistry: An Introduction develops photochemical and photophysical concepts from a small set of familiar principles. Developed from Nick Turro’s best-selling text for three decades – Modern Molecular Photochemistry – this updated primer introduces an initial paradigm that relates the photon and a reactant molecular structure to photochemistry through the structure and dynamics of electronically excited states, reactive intermediates and products. The same paradigm is readily adapted to incorporate the photon and a reactant molecular structure to photophysics. The book provides brilliantly clear descriptions in pictorial terms that can be readily understood by the student and applied to systems of interest. This text will be of interest to not only practicing photochemists and their students, but also to biological scientists, polymer scientists, material scientists and nanoscientists who use photochemistry and photophysics in their research and teaching. For adopting professors, an art CD of figures from the book is also available.
Translated into Japanese
Ancillaries
- Art from the book may be downloaded by adopting professors.
Resources
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Electronic, nuclear and spin state of electronically excited states
3. Transitions between states
4. Radiative transitions between states
5. Radiationless transitions between states
6. Theoretical organic photochemistry
7. Energy and electron transfer processes
Index
Reviews
“Exceptionally thorough and well written, Principles of Molecular Photochemistry will be useful to every active researcher in the field. Filled with reference material for experts, the book also gives an excellent introduction to photochemical reactivity for students.”
-Malcolm Forbes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Principles of Molecular Photochemistry continues to be the very best resource on photochemistry for students and experts alike. It’s comprehensive, current and exceptionally well written. This book belongs on every chemist’s bookshelf!”
-Jacqueline K. Barton, California Institute of Technology
“Aimed at both students and specialists, this book takes the 30-year-old best-selling text of co-author Turro as a starting point. The basic underpinnings of the subject remain but more contemporary issues such as electron spin and electronic energy transfer are also discussed.”
-Nature Chemistry
