Femtochemistry VII: Fundamental Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology

Femtochemistry VII presents the most recent developments in femtochemistry and highlights the significance of the field today. This book contains extracts from the proceedings, presentations and posters from the Femtochemistry VII conference, held in Washington D.C., on July 17-22, 2005. The stimulating conference was opened by Professor Ahmed Zewail (1999 Nobel Prize Winner), and as was evident by the attendees at the conference, had a very active program with the presentation of numerous talks and a large number of posters.

This collection of papers reflects the remarkable progress that has been made in femtosecond spectroscopy, and especially to its emergence as a field of research devoted to chemistry and biology, giving rise to femtochemistry and femtobiology. Subjects covered include imaging, structural dynamics, and spectroscopies, fundamentals of reaction dynamics, salvation phenomenta, liquids and interfaces, aggregates/particles/surfaces, protein dynamics and photobiology, quantum control, and intense laser-matter interactions. Subjects covered by this book include imaging, structural dynamics, and spectroscopies; fundamentals of reaction dynamics; salvation phenomenta; liquids and interfaces; aggregates/particles/surfaces; protein dynamics and photobiology; quantum control; and intense laser-matter interactions.

This book would appeal to chemists, physicists and biologists in the fields of atomic and molecular science.

* Contains the most recent developments in Femtochemistry from the Femtochemistry VII conference
* Highlights the significance of femtochemistry today
* Displays extracts from the proceedings, presentations and posters from the conference

1. Imaging, Structural Dynamics, Spectroscopies
2. Fundamentals of Reaction Dynamics
3. Solvation Phenomena
4. Liquids and Interfaces
5. Aggregates/Particles/Surfaces
6. Protein Dynamics and Photobiology
7. Quantum Control
8. Intense Laser – Matter Interactions