Introductory Remarks -- Fundamentals -- Some Fundamentals of Laser Physics -- Principles of Excimer Lasers -- Design and Technology of Excimer Lasers -- High-Repetition-Rate and High-Power Lasers -- High-Energy Lasers -- Excimer Lasers for Microlithography -- Laser Beam Characterization -- Optical Coatings for Excimer Laser Applications -- Small Structures with Large Excimer Lasers -- Historica…
The Basic Notions -- Experimental Techniques -- Intramolecular Vibrational Redistribution -- Vibrational and Rotational Relaxation -- Electronic Relaxation -- The Electron and Proton Transfer -- Postface.Energy Dissipation in Molecular Systems analyzes experimental data on the redistribution and dissipation of energy injected into molecular systems by radiation or charged particles. These proce…
Instrumentation and Methodology -- Saturation Recovery EPR -- Loop-Gap Resonators -- EPR Interfaced To Rapid Mixing -- Application of Angle-Selected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance to Characterize Structured Solvent in Small Molecules and Macromolecules -- Solution-ENDOR of Some Biologically Interesting Radical Ions -- Electron-Electron Double Resonance -- Digital Detection by Time-Locked Sam…
An Incomplete History of Jim Hyde and the EPR Center at MCW -- Free Radicals and Medicine -- Superoxide Generation from Nitric Oxide Synthase -- In Vivo Spin Trapping of Free Radical Metabolites of Drugs and Toxic Chemicals Utilizing Ex Vivo Detection -- Post Processing Strategies in EPR Spin-Trapping Studies -- Biophysical Studies of Melanin -- Application of Spin Labels To Membrane Bioenerget…
Basic Equations -- Approximations to Derivatives -- Ordinary Differential Equations -- The Explicit Method -- Boundary Conditions -- Unequal Intervals -- The Commonly Used Implicit Methods -- Other Methods -- Adsorption -- Effects Due to Uncompensated Resistance and Capacitance -- Two-Dimensional Systems -- Convection -- Performance -- Programming -- Simulation Packages -- Tables and Formulae -…
Diffusion: Introduction and Case Studies in Metals and Binary Alloys -- The Elementary Diffusion Step in Metals Studied by the Interference of Gamma-Rays, X-Rays and Neutrons -- Diffusion Studies of Solids by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering -- Diffusion in Semiconductors -- Diffusion in Oxides -- Diffusion in Metallic Glasses and Supercooled Melts -- Fluctuations and Growth Phenomena in Surface…
Organized Assemblies Probed by Fluorescence Spectroscopy -- The Combined Use of Fluorescence Spectroscopy and X-Ray Crystallography Greatly Contributes to Elucidating Structure and Dynamics of Proteins -- Tapered Fibers for Cell Studies -- Multi-Dimensional Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting -- Some Aspects of DNA Condensation Observed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy -- Luminescenc…
Theory and Modelling -- From Quantum Models to Novel Effects to New Applications: Theory of Nanotube Devices -- Symmetry Based Fundamentals of Carbon Nanotubes -- Elastic Continuum Models of Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes -- Synthesis and Characterization -- Direct Growth of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Flat Substrates for Nanoscale Electronic Applications -- Nano-Peapods Encapsulating Fuller…
Optical Signal Recording -- Overview of Photon Counting Techniques -- Multidimensional TCSPC Techniques -- Building Blocks of Advanced TCSPC Devices -- Application of Modern TCSPC Techniques -- Detectors for Photon Counting -- Practice of TCSPC Experiments -- Final Remarks -- References.Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is a remarkable technique for recording low-level light signal…
Nanostructure is in the focus of science, and advanced scattering methods are significantly contributing to the solution of related questions. This volume includes 19 contributions to the field of polymers and scattering, collected on the occasion of Wilhelm Ruland’s 80th anniversary in October 2005. The contributions from leading scientists cover a wide range of topics concerning -Advanced p…