Supramolecular photochemistry : controlling photochemical processes /

This series of compiled chapters written by the foremost authorities in their respective fields recounts the advances made in photochemistry and related disciplines in recent decades. Chapters cover guest binding, manipulation of energy transfer, and delocalization and migration of excitation energies and charge in supramolecular reactions. The authors emphasize the role of developments in analytical instrumentation, namely infrared, ultraviolet, visible, and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques, as well as laser-driven analytical techniques that measure energy and time beyond nanosecond precision. These advances have facilitated photochemical synthesis of elaborate molecules such as three-dimensional cubane-like structures. Also of note is the discussion of energy transfer in channels of L-zeolite, and photoisomerization exotically described as one-bond-flips, hula twists, and bicycle pedal, which enables molecules to transfer light energy to kinetic energy. Recent applications in the field include controlling photochemical reactions, lithography, and photodynamic medicinal therapy. The book is well written and has an excellent bibliography for further reading. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in photochemistry. K. Bennett emeritus, Kalamazoo Valley Community College