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Time and Space-Resolved Spectroscopy

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The principles underlying time-resolved emission and absorption spectroscopy are reviewed with emphasis on the relationship between molecular structure, electronic energy states and spectroscopic data. The techniques and instrumentation that allow time-resolution to be achieved in electronic spectroscopy down to the femtosecond time region are described and their applications to studies of photo-induced energy and electron transfer processes discussed with selected examples. The extension of transient spectroscopy techniques to small spatial scales are outlined including the techniques of time-resolved fluorescence microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, single molecule spectroscopy and x-ray based time-resolved structural studies. Examples are provided of the complementary information that can be obtained by the various time and space-resolved spectroscopy methods.

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  1. School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Kenneth P. Ghiggino

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

    Judith A.K. Howard

  2. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Hazel A. Sparkes

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, United Kingdom

    Paul R. Raithby

  4. N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Andrei V. Churakov

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Ghiggino, K.P. (2014). Time and Space-Resolved Spectroscopy. In: Howard, J., Sparkes, H., Raithby, P., Churakov, A. (eds) The Future of Dynamic Structural Science. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8550-1_4

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