Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to photochemistry. 2. Twentieth century developments in photochemistry. 3. Photochemical reaction. 4. Absorption of electromagnetic energy. 5. Photon. 6. Laws of absorptions. 7. Renner-teller effect. 8. Franck-Condon principle. 9. Fluorescence. 10. Phosphorescence. 11. Luminescence. 12. Luminescence analysis. 13. Chemiluminescence. 14. Bioluminescence. 15. Electroluminescence. 16. Photolysis. 17. Free radical. 18. Triplet state. 19. Chain reaction. 20. Radiation chemistry. 21. Photosynthesis.

"This concise book is a clearly written student oriented text. It has a fresh approach and a logical organisation that will have a significant impact on the teaching of photochemistry at undergraduate and post graduate level. This book is a lively broad presentation that develops from a logical, modern, microscopic-first perspective. It will be a superb book covering the UGC syllabus completely, wherever necessary, line diagrams have been added to make the concepts more illustrative. SI as well as MKS units have been used throughout the text." (jacket)