Preface
This book highlights the recent developments in the broad field of spectroscopy to
provide readers with an updated overview giving insights into different modern fields
by experts from different countries. The focus of this book is on the fundamental
concepts of modern spectroscopic techniques, recent technological innovations, and
latest examples of applications to molecules and materials relevant for academia and
industry. The book will be beneficial to researchers from various branches of science
and technology, and is intended to point them to modern techniques, which might
be useful for their specific problems. The applications introduced in the different
chapters demonstrate the usefulness of the spectroscopic techniques for the characterization of basic properties of molecules, e.g. in connection with environmental
impact, bio-activity, or usefulness for pharmaceutical drugs, and materials important e.g. for nano-science, nuclear chemistry, or bio-applications. We believe that the
present book can help to learn about techniques, which are useful for the characterization of molecular systems, which might also have social and economic relevance
(environment, alternative energy, etc.).
In the book, spectroscopic techniques are presented, which are useful for research,
academia, and industry. It is divided into five parts: (I) “New Frontiers in Optical
Absorption/Reflectance-Based Spectroscopic Techniques and Applications,” (II)
“Recent Advances in Raman Spectroscopy and Applications,” (III) “Optical Cavity
and Laser-Based High-Resolution Spectroscopic Techniques and Applications,” (IV)
“Spectroscopic Techniques Important for Chemical Analytics and Material Science”
and (V) “Other Spectroscopic Techniques for Characterization of Optical, Electrical,
and Mechanical Properties of Molecules.”
Part One is directed towards fundamentals and recent advances in optical
absorbance/reflectance spectroscopy. In this part, Prof. Kailash Jena, from IIT Ropar,
India, extensively describes the basics of ATR-IR spectroscopy and its applications
in the Chapter “Fundamentals of ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Its Role for Probing
In-Situ Molecular-Level Interactions”. Further, beyond the linear IR spectroscopy,
Prof. Sayan Bagchi, from CSIR-NCL Pune, India, explains the principles and applications of non-linear 2D IR spectroscopy in the femtosecond time domain in the
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This book highlights the recent developments in the broad field of spectroscopy to
provide readers with an updated overview giving insights into different modern fields
by experts from different countries. The focus of this book is on the fundamental
concepts of modern spectroscopic techniques, recent technological innovations, and
latest examples of applications to molecules and materials relevant for academia and
industry. The book will be beneficial to researchers from various branches of science
and technology, and is intended to point them to modern techniques, which might
be useful for their specific problems. The applications introduced in the different
chapters demonstrate the usefulness of the spectroscopic techniques for the characterization of basic properties of molecules, e.g. in connection with environmental
impact, bio-activity, or usefulness for pharmaceutical drugs, and materials important e.g. for nano-science, nuclear chemistry, or bio-applications. We believe that the
present book can help to learn about techniques, which are useful for the characterization of molecular systems, which might also have social and economic relevance
(environment, alternative energy, etc.).
In the book, spectroscopic techniques are presented, which are useful for research,
academia, and industry. It is divided into five parts: (I) “New Frontiers in Optical
Absorption/Reflectance-Based Spectroscopic Techniques and Applications,” (II)
“Recent Advances in Raman Spectroscopy and Applications,” (III) “Optical Cavity
and Laser-Based High-Resolution Spectroscopic Techniques and Applications,” (IV)
“Spectroscopic Techniques Important for Chemical Analytics and Material Science”
and (V) “Other Spectroscopic Techniques for Characterization of Optical, Electrical,
and Mechanical Properties of Molecules.”
Part One is directed towards fundamentals and recent advances in optical
absorbance/reflectance spectroscopy. In this part, Prof. Kailash Jena, from IIT Ropar,
India, extensively describes the basics of ATR-IR spectroscopy and its applications
in the Chapter “Fundamentals of ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Its Role for Probing
In-Situ Molecular-Level Interactions”. Further, beyond the linear IR spectroscopy,
Prof. Sayan Bagchi, from CSIR-NCL Pune, India, explains the principles and applications of non-linear 2D IR spectroscopy in the femtosecond time domain in the
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