Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology

Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology

		Volumes 1-4	Edited by Hari Singh Nalwa Formerly of Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN July 2003 ca. 1970 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 1-58883-004-7 US$1495.00

FOREWORD BY
Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry

FROM THE FOREWORD:
"The breadth of the fields covered, the multidisciplinary approaches involved, the wide span of activities concerned require a source for quickly obtaining clear, expert and up-to-date information. The present monumental Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology fills such a need. It will be an invaluable tool for a very wide range of scientists from different areas in chemistry, biology, physics, materials science as well as in industry."

Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize Laureate

DESCRIPTION

Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology is a major reference work that includes the most recent advances and emerging new aspects of photochemistry and photobiology currently studied in academic and industrial research. The four volumes draw on three decades of pioneering research on various aspects of the photochemical and photobiological sciences such as photochemical processes, excited states, energy transfer, mechanism and kinetics of photochemical reactions, emission or absorption spectroscopy, photochemical conversion, solar cells, photocatalysis, photosensitization, photoinitiated polymerization, epoxy polymers, photorefractive polymers supramolecules, dendrimers, photochromic compounds, photoreception, photosynthesis, UV and visible radiation effects, photodynamic therapy, photomedicines, etc. The handbook contains 45 state-of-the-art chapters written by over 90 international experts from 15 countries. The handbook has been divided into four thematic volumes:

CONTENTS

Volume 1: Inorganic Photochemistry

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, J. M. Kroon, B. C. O'Regan, J. A. M. van Roosmalen,
and W. C. Sinke, The Netherlands
Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Solar Cells, N. Y. M. Iha, C. G. Garcia,
and C. A. Bignozzi, Brazil/Italy
Photochemistry of Oligosilanes and Polysilanes, M. Kira and R. Badugu, Japan
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of Organosilicon Compounds, T. Tamai, T. Hayamizu,
and K. Mizuno, Japan
Ion-Pair Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds, N. Y. M. Iha and V. K. L. Osorio, Brazil
Molecular Beam Photochemistry of Group-14 Organometallic Precursors, M. Sulkes, USA
Photoinduced Metal Deposition on Semiconductor Particles, T. Wu, Y. Li, and M. Chu, USA
Excited State Redox Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes, S. Ronco and G. Ferraudi, USA
Analysis of Photocatalytically Reactive Systems: Kinetic Modeling and Reactor Design via
Computational Fluid Dynamics, V. K. Pareek and A. A. Adesina, Australia
Effects of High Magnetic Fields on Photochemical Reactions, Y. Tanimoto and Y. Fujiwara, Japan

Volume 2: Organic Photochemistry

Epoxies: Structures, Photoinduced Cross-Linking, Network Properties, and Appilcations,
V. Strehmel, Germany
Photochemistry of Fullerenes, M. Fujitsuka and O. Ito, Japan
Photochemistry of Drugs, A. Albini and E. Fafani, Italy
Organic Charge Transport Materials for Zerographic Imaging, D. M. Goldie, UK
Laser Transfer of Organic Molecules, J. Hobley, S. Nishio, K. Hatanaka, and Fukumura, Japan
Photochemistry of Cycloheptatrienes and Their Related Tropylium Ions, W. Abraham
and V. Kharlanov, Germany
Cationic Photopolymerization, R. Lazauskaite and J. V. Grazulevicius, Lithuania
Photochemical Polar Addition, M. Yasuda and K. Mizuno, Japan
Photomechanical Responses in Photochromic Molecular Films and Related Phenomena,
T. Seki, Japan
Photorefractive Polymers and Liquid Crystals, H. Ono and N. Kawatsuki, Japan
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of Organic Substances with Oxygen in Solutions and Zeolite Nanocavities, M. Kojima, Japan

Volume 3: Supramolecular Photochemistry

Fluorescence Studies of Supramolecular Host-Guest Inclusion Complexes, B. D. Wagner, Canada
Inclusion Complexes of Cyclodestrins in Aqueous Solutions, S. Hamai and A. Nakamura, Japan
Cyclodestrin-Based Photoluminescent Systems: Shedding Light on the Bottomless Vessel,
S. Fery-Forgues et al., France
Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of Dendrimers, P. Ceroni and A. Juris, Italy
Luminescent Sensors and Switches, A. Prasanna de Silva, G. D. McClean, T. S. Moody,
and S. M. Weir, Ireland
Luminescent Chemosensors for Metal Ions, M. Montalti, L. Prodi, and N. Zaccheroni, Italy
Photochemical Molecular Devices Based on Pseudorotaxanes, Rotaxanes, and Catenanes,
A. Credi, Italy
Energy Migratoin and Light-Induced Charge Transfer at Phthalocyanine Surfaces, E. van Faassen
and D. Schlettwein, The Netherlands/Germany
Photochromic Systems Based on Synthetic Flavylium Compounds and Their Potential Use as Molecular-Level Memory Elements, F. Pina, M. Maestri, and V. Balzani, Portugal/Italy
Photooxidation of Hydrocarbons in Cation-Exchanged Zeolites, V. H. Grassian and S. C. Larsen, USA
Quantum Mechanical Design of Photoactive Molecular Machines and Logical Devices,
A. Tamulis et al. Lithuania

Volume 4: Photobiology

Clinical Use of Photodynamic Therapy for Treatment and Photodetection in Gastroenterology,
H. C. Wolfsen, E. M. Ward, USA
Mechanism of Tumor Destruction by Photodynamic Therapy, M. Korbelik and I. Cecic, Canada
Photodynamic Effects on Cultured Tumor Cells. Cytoskeleton Alterations and Cell Death Mechanisms,
A. Villanueva, R. Vidania, J. C. Stockert, M. Cañete, and A. Juarranz, Spain
Visual Transduction and Rhodopsin Regeneration, C. Cugnoli, A. Morelli, and I. M. Pepe, Italy
Stress Proteins in the Photobiology of Mammalian Skin, F. Trautinger, Austria
Cryptochromes and Flavoprotein Blue-Light Photoreceptors, M. Ahmad, France
Chloroplast Biogenesis: Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Heterogeneity, Multiple Biosynthetic Routes, and Biological Spin-Offs, C. A. Rebeiz, V. L. Kolossov, D. Briskin, and M. Gawienoski, USA
Photosensory Pathways Regulating Chloroplast Gene Expression, D. A. Christopher, USA
Photosystem I: Structure/Function and Assembly of a Transmembrane Light-Driven Plastocyanin/Cytochrome C6-Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase, F. Sommer and M. Hippler, Germany
Light-Dependent Hydrogen Metabolism and Generation by Cyanobacteria, R. Wünschiers
and P. Lindblad, Sweden
Effects of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Aquatic Primary Producers, D.-P. Häder, Germany
Photobiological Hydrogen Metabolism and Hydrogenases from Green Algae,
R. Wünschiers, Sweden
Interfacial Photochemistry of Biomembranes, F. T. Hong, USA

KEY FEATURES

Most up-to-date reference work summarizing three decades of pioneering research in photochemistry and photobiology.
A unique source of in-depth knowledge of recent advances in inorganic, organic and supramolecular photochemistry.
Most up-to-date emerging aspects of photodynamic therapy and many other topics in the
field of photobiology.
Contains 45 state-of-the-art chapters written by over 90 internationally renowned experts from 15 countries.
About 10,000 bibliographic citations and thousands of illustrations, figures, tables, chemical structures, and equations.
The handbook is intended for a wide audience including researchers, students, and professors working in the field of photochemistry, photobiology, supramolecular photochemistry, laser photochemistry, silicon photochemistry photophysics, photocatalysis, solar energy, materials science, polymer science, photobiological sciences, biochemistry, plant biology, photomedicine, phototechnology, nanotechnology, etc.