Frontiers and Advances in Molecular Spectroscopy

Frontiers and Advances in Molecular Spectroscopy once again brings together the most eminent scientists from around the world to describe their work at the cutting-edge of molecular spectroscopy. Much of what we know about atoms, molecules and the nature of matter has been obtained using spectroscopy over the last one hundred years or so. Going far beyond the topics discussed in Jaan Laane’s earlier book on the subject, these chapters describe new methodologies and applications, instrumental developments and theory, which are taking spectroscopy into still new frontiers. The robust range of topics once again demonstrates the wide utility of spectroscopic techniques.

New topics include ultrafast spectroscopy of the transition state, SERS/far-uv spectroscopy, femtosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy, high-resolution laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and biosensors, vibrational optical activity, ultrafast two-dimensional spectroscopy, biology with x-ray lasers, isomerization dynamics and hydrogen bonding, single molecule imaging, spectra of intermediates, matrix isolation spectroscopy and more.

• Covers spectroscopic investigations on the cutting edge of science
• Written and edited by leading experts in their respective fields
• Allows researchers to access a broad range of essential modern spectroscopy content from a single source rather than wading through hundreds of scattered journal articles

Researchers in molecular spectroscopy laboratories; graduate students studying molecular spectroscopy

1. Stark-Induced Adiabatic Passage Processes to Selectively Prepare Vibrationally Excited Single and Superposition of  Quantum States
2. Advances in Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (2DCOS)
3. Applications of 2D-IR Spectroscopy to Probe the Structural Dynamics of DNA
4. Vibrational Potential Energy Surfaces in Ground and Excited Electronic States
5. Structures and Dipole Moments of Molecules in Their Electronically Excited States
6. Two-Color Pulsed-Field Ionization-Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Quest to Benchmark State-of-the-Art ab initio Quantum Electronic Structure Calculations of Spectroscopic and Energetic Properties for Transition Metal-Containing Species
7. Advances in Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy in the Solid and Liquid States
8. Development of Sub-10 fs Visible-NIR, UV, and DUV Pulses and Their Applications to Ultrafast Spectroscopy
9. Biomedical Applications of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy
10. SERS Biomedical Applications: Diagnostics, Forensics, and Metabolomics
11. Quantitative Spectrometry of Complex Molecular Systems by Hypothetical Addition Multivariate Analysis With Numerical Differentiation (HAMAND)
12. Progress in FAST CARS Toward Quantum Biophotonics
13. Coherent Raman Generation in Solid-State Materials Using Spatial and Temporal Laser Field Shaping
14.  Vibrational Optical Activity: From Small Chiral Molecules to Protein Pharmaceuticals and Beyond
15. High-Resolution Laboratory Terahertz Spectroscopy and Applications to Astrophysics
16. Studying Interaction, Ion-Pair Formation, and Mixing Behavior of Protic Ionic Liquids by Means of Far-Infrared Spectroscopy
17. Advancements in Microwave Spectroscopy
18. Nitric Oxide Laser-Induced Fluorescence Imaging Methods and Their Application to Study High-Speed Flows
19. Photogeneration of Rare Molecules in Cryogenic Matrices: Spectroscopists’ Adventures in Wonderland
20. Matrix Isolation Spectroscopic Studies: Thermal and Soft Photochemical Bimolecular Reactions
21. Theory of Enantiomer-Specific Microwave Spectroscopy