Preface
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Constant development of new spectroscopy methods promise unchallengeable
breakthroughs in unraveling natural phenomena and in the development of new
materials, a crucial aspect in several fields of our technological society. Novel
optical, electronic, structural, as well magnetic properties of matter. Particularly in
time resolved spectroscopy, methods involving multiple, i.e. non-linear, lightmatter interactions have been rapidly developing to become a very valuable
spectroscopy tool in the investigation of new phenomena.
This topical collection focuses on recent developments in so-called
multidimensional time-resolved spectroscopy methods. Over the last decade,
multidimensional methods have undergone tremendous progress and extended over
a very broad spectral range from the THz to the ultraviolet, allowing for
investigation of all kinds of (bio)molecules, aggregates, solid compounds and
composite systems, only to name a few examples. In spite of that, non-specialists
are still facing several obstacles in understanding what kind of information
multidimensional spectroscopy contains. One of the major obstacles is the tsunami
of experimental techniques variants and terminologies used. In this sense, this
topical collection pursues three goals. (i) The first one is to offer a very general
overview of all the techniques in one single place. This, we believe, is a unique
opportunity for newcomers as well as for users of a specific technique to learn and
understand how complementary the content information among techniques can be
in spite of differing spectral ranges or other technical features. (ii) The second goal
is to review what these techniques can do for scientists of akin areas. This is richly
illustrated in each one of the contributions of this Topics in Current Chemistry by
discussing several recent experimental and numerical examples. (iii) The last
objective is to discuss what are the open experimental and computational questions
and the challenges still facing the community.
This collection has been organized to largely reflect these questions. The
opening chapter by Kraack and Buckup is strongly recommended to anyone new to
the field, since it addresses general points like terminology and classification of
methods based on light interaction with matter have been a prime tool to investigate
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Constant development of new spectroscopy methods promise unchallengeable
breakthroughs in unraveling natural phenomena and in the development of new
materials, a crucial aspect in several fields of our technological society. Novel
optical, electronic, structural, as well magnetic properties of matter. Particularly in
time resolved spectroscopy, methods involving multiple, i.e. non-linear, lightmatter interactions have been rapidly developing to become a very valuable
spectroscopy tool in the investigation of new phenomena.
This topical collection focuses on recent developments in so-called
multidimensional time-resolved spectroscopy methods. Over the last decade,
multidimensional methods have undergone tremendous progress and extended over
a very broad spectral range from the THz to the ultraviolet, allowing for
investigation of all kinds of (bio)molecules, aggregates, solid compounds and
composite systems, only to name a few examples. In spite of that, non-specialists
are still facing several obstacles in understanding what kind of information
multidimensional spectroscopy contains. One of the major obstacles is the tsunami
of experimental techniques variants and terminologies used. In this sense, this
topical collection pursues three goals. (i) The first one is to offer a very general
overview of all the techniques in one single place. This, we believe, is a unique
opportunity for newcomers as well as for users of a specific technique to learn and
understand how complementary the content information among techniques can be
in spite of differing spectral ranges or other technical features. (ii) The second goal
is to review what these techniques can do for scientists of akin areas. This is richly
illustrated in each one of the contributions of this Topics in Current Chemistry by
discussing several recent experimental and numerical examples. (iii) The last
objective is to discuss what are the open experimental and computational questions
and the challenges still facing the community.
This collection has been organized to largely reflect these questions. The
opening chapter by Kraack and Buckup is strongly recommended to anyone new to
the field, since it addresses general points like terminology and classification of
methods based on light interaction with matter have been a prime tool to investigate