"Version: 20210207"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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

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

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?

5. Small molecule rotational energy levels and spectra -- 5.1. Diatomic and linear polyatomic molecules -- 5.2. Nuclear spin effects -- 5.3. Interpreting rotational spectra -- 5.4. Centrifugal distortion -- 5.5. Non-linear polyatomic molecules

6. Diatomics and triatomics : vibrational energy levels and spectra -- 6.1. Diatomic molecules : harmonic motion -- 6.2. Anharmonicity and dissociation -- 6.3. Vibration-rotation spectra of diatomic molecules -- 6.4. The vibrations of triatomic molecules

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

8. Raman scattering and spectral interpretation -- 8.1. Rayleigh scattering -- 8.2. Vibrational Raman scattering -- 8.3. Depolarisation ratio -- 8.4. Resonance Raman spectroscopy

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

10. Electronic transitions, colours, and detection -- 10.1. The origins of colour -- 10.2. Photometry and Beer's law -- 10.3. Organic molecules : conjugation and colour

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

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

13. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer -- 13.1. Mechanism for intermolecular energy transfer -- 13.2. Spectroscopic shift -- 13.3. Distance measurements

14. Chiral phenomena and optical activity -- 14.1. Criteria for chirality in matter and in light -- 14.2. Circular dichroism -- 14.3. Optical rotation

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 -- 15.6. Multiphoton imaging and processing.

This new, expanded edition provides a fresh, photon-based description of modern molecular spectroscopy and photophysics, with applications that are drawn from across the breadth of chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science, including recent developments. The focus is on the mechanisms that operate at the fundamental level, on how light absorption and scattering occur in molecules, what happens to the energy which the molecules acquire, and what may be learned from the study of these processes. Mathematics is again kept to a minimum though quantitative understanding is nevertheless put into practice via example calculations throughout the text. With the aid of extensive, purposely devised illustrations, this approach fosters a deeper intuition for the photophysical processes involved in light-matter interaction, aiming to consolidate the principles and to exemplify how widely ranging information can be derived from spectroscopic studies.

Advanced undergraduate or graduate students in physics and chemistry.

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David Andrews is known for advances in the theory of quantum and nonlinear optics, fundamental photonics, energy transport, and optical vortices. He has published 400 papers and over twenty books, including as author or co-author Lasers in Chemistry, Optical Harmonics in Molecular Systems, Optical Nanomanipulation, and an Introduction to Photon Science and Technology. David has taught extensively at the University of East Anglia and run numerous spectroscopy courses for industry: he has twice been Chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry Molecular Spectroscopy Group. Andrews is a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Physicist, and he is the 2021 President of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. Rob Lipson has published extensively in the areas of laser spectroscopy, nanoscience, and novel material for photonics applications. He has taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate level physical chemistry courses at Western University and the University of Victoria (UVic). Administratively, he has served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Western and two terms as Dean of Science at UVic. In addition to his academic work, he was also a long-serving Senior Editor of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry, and a panel member on numerous funding and research integrity committees for the federal Government of Canada. Lipson is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada.

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