Structure and Dynamics of Electronic Excited States
By: edited by Jaan Laane, Hiroaki Takahashi, Andre Bandrauk
Contributors: Takahashi, Hiroaki; Bandrauk, Andre
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9783642641541; 9783642598555
Subjects: Physics
Description: An understanding of dynamical behavior of electronically excited states is of great importance for the understanding of photochemical reaction mechanisms such as photoionization, photoisomerization, photodissociation, proton transfer, radical formation, bond cleavage, and bond formation. Thus the molecular structures of excited states, as defined by their potential energy surfaces, are closely related to the reaction mechanisms. In this text twelve leading experts present their recent experimental and theoretical findings on electronic excited states. Several chapters deal with the determination of molecular structures in excited states whereas others deal with the reaction dynamics involving these states. Progress toward manipulation and control of reactions using lasers in various laboratories around the world is also described.
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Table of contents: title: Laser Control of Electrons in Molecules; title: Solvation of Radicals in Small Clusters; title: Coherent Control of Molecular Dynamics; title: Excited State Dynamics; title: Coherent Control of Unimolecular Reaction Dynamics; title: Photodissiciation Dynamics of Chlorinated Benzene Derivatives; title: Ultrafast Relaxation and Nonlinear Localized Excitations; title: Vibrational Potential Energy Surfaces; title: Electronic Spectroscopy of Molecules; title: Superexcited States of Diatomic Molecules; title: Electronically Excited Diphenylacetylene.-.