A two-volume comprehensive overview, covering both the gleaning of information as well as the active influencing of reactions, with applications stretchingfrom chemistry, physics and materials science to biology and medicine. INDICE: Vol. I: PROBING MATTER PART I: GENERAL Principles of Lasers Laser Safety PART II: LASERS AS PROBES IN CHEMISTRY Overview: Absorption, Emission and Scattering Chemical Sensors based on Quantum Cascade Lasers Laser Diagnostics of Combustion Processes LIDAR for ground- and airborne trace gas detection Non-linear Spectroscopy Photoacoustic spectroscopy Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy Applications of tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy in process industries Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) Laser DopplerAnemometry (LDA) Cavity ring-down spectroscopy in chemistry Laser spectroscopy applied to catalyis research Speciation analysis using lasers Laser EnhancedSpectroscopy and Coherent Control Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (LIF) Laser applications in combustion engine RandD Raman spectroscopy MALDI MALDI-MS of Industrial Chemicals and Polymers Atmospheric-Pressure Laser Ionization High-resolution molecular spectroscopy in low-temperature crystalline matrices Vol. II: MANIPULATING MATTER PART III: LASERS TO START AND INFLUENCE CHEMICAL REACTIONS Overview Laser-based Formation of Nanoparticles Laser ablation Laser induced photocatalysis and its applications Laser enrichment of isotopes Reaction mechanisms in the gas phase studied by laser pyrolysis Femtochemistry:Lasers to investigate ultrafast reactions Laser-plasma chemistry: chemical reactions initiated by laser- produced plasmas Laser micromachining Laser-CVD Laser-induced ignition for combustion engines Laser-induced photopolymerisation Laser control of chemical reactions Control of Chemical Dynamics with Lasers Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis Lasers in semiconductor photochemistry Lasersin Photodynamic Therapy Photo reactions induced by two-photon-absorption Laser-Microwave in Chemistry PART IV: APPLICATIONS Lasers in Material Processing Lasers in Biology Lasers in Medicine Lasers in conservation and preservation for art and architecture Lasers in dentistry PART V: PAST AND FUTURE TRENDS History of Lasers in Chemistry Trends of laser research and development Outlook
- ISBN: 978-3-527-31997-8
- Editorial: Verlag Chemie
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1264
- Fecha Publicación: 10/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 2
- Idioma: Inglés