UV-Visible Reflection Spectroscopy of Liquids

• Main Authors: Räty, Jukka A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Peiponen, Kai-Erik (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Asakura, Toshimitsu (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 92
• Subjects: Mass spectrometry.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Materials science.; Mass Spectrometry.; Classical Electrodynamics.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.
• Physical Description: XII, 224 p. 17 illus., 5 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540450931
• ISSN: 0342-4111 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45093-1

This book presents an up-to-date overview of reflectometers used for optical spectroscopy of various kinds of liquids, ranging from well-known transparent liquids to "pathological" industrial liquids. The book reviews and explains basic materials for anyone wanting to get to know the theory, spectral analysis and modern devices needed for the measurement of refractive index and absorption of liquids. Moreover, the book gives an introduction to reflectivity from optically nonlinear liquids such as liquids containing nanoparticles. This latter topic is important in modern nano-sciences.