The Electronic Transitions of Molecular Oxygen

• Main Author: Bregnhøj, Mikkel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physical chemistry.; Atomic structure .; Molecular structure .; Nanochemistry.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.

This book presents the fundamentals and the state of the art of the photophysics of molecular oxygen. The author examines optical transitions between the lowest-lying electronic states in molecular oxygen and how these transitions respond to perturbation, either from an organic molecule or from the...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Instrumentation and Experimental Techniques
• Direct O2(X3Σg) à O2(b1Σg+) excitation
• Solvent Effects on the O2(a1Δg) à O2(b1Σg+) transition
• Temperature Effects on the lifetime of O2(a1Δg)
• Metal-Enhanced Singlet Oxygen Production
• Concluding Remarks.