TOPICAL fluorescence

Cheung, H. (1991). Resonance energy transfer. Topics Fluoresc. Spectr. 3, 127-76. 

J.R. Lakowicz, Ed., DNA Technology, Vol. 7, Topics Fluoresc. Spectros., Kluwer/Plenum, New York, 2003. 

New to the fourth edition are the topics of laser detection and ranging (LIDAR), cavity ring-down spectroscopy, femtosecond lasers and femtosecond spectroscopy, and the use of laser-induced fluorescence excitation for stmctural investigations of much larger molecules than had been possible previously. This latter technique takes advantage of two experimental quantum leaps the development of very high resolution lasers in the visible and ultraviolet regions and of the supersonic molecular beam. 

J. R. Lakowicz, ed.. Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Vols. 1—4 (Techniques-, Principles-, Biochemical Applications-, and Probe Design and Chemical Sensing), Plenum Press, New York, 1991—1994. 

Discussion of topics corresponding to proton transfer occurring in the excited state are included under Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Excited... 

The active state of luminescence spectrometry today may be judged ly an examination of the 1988 issue of Fundamental Reviews of Analytical Chemistry (78), which divides its report titled Molecular Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Chemiluminescence Spectrometry into about 27 specialized topical areas, depending on how you choose to count all the subdivisions. This profusion of luminescence topics in Fundamental Reviews is just the tip of the iceberg, because it omits all publications not primarily concerned with analytical applications. Fundamental Reviews does, however, represent a good cross-section of the available techniques because nearly every method for using luminescence in scientific studies eventually finds a use in some form of chemical analysis. Since it would be impossible to mention here all of the current important applications and developments in the entire universe of luminescence, this report continues with a look at progress in a few current areas that seem significant to the author for their potential impact on future work. 

Particular attention has been devoted to the fluorescence methods, which are now of such topicality, and to methods of increasing and stabilizing the fluorescence emissions. Nowhere else in the literature is there so much detailed information to be found as in the first part of this book, whose more than 600 literature references may serve to stimulate the reader to enlarge his or her own knowledge. 

The scope of this review Is limited to electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry, with emphasis upon Its clinical applications. This article Is Intended to supplement the recent treatises on the basic technique which have been written by Aggett and Sprott ( ) > Ingle ( ), Klrkbrlght (34), Price (63), and Woodrlff (83). This resume does not consider various related topics, such as (a) atomic fluorescence or emission spectrometry (b) non-flame atomization devices which employ direct current... 

How can the Ecodesign Directive be further developed to handle the RISKCYCLE-topic So far, pollution issues are involved in the context of product evaluation and the derivation of product standards, but rather in the sense of LCA to capture the energy side and the other relevant environmental indicators. The topic of mercury in compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) has made it clear that pollution issues can be quite important in the context of this Directive. However, relevant limits for energy saving lamps were first set by a waste-related regulation, namely the Annex of the WEEE Directive [7]. 

In addition to the described above methods, there are computational QM-MM (quantum mechanics-classic mechanics) methods in progress of development. They allow prediction and understanding of solvatochromism and fluorescence characteristics of dyes that are situated in various molecular structures changing electrical properties on nanoscale. Their electronic transitions and according microscopic structures are calculated using QM coupled to the point charges with Coulombic potentials. It is very important that in typical QM-MM simulations, no dielectric constant is involved Orientational dielectric effects come naturally from reorientation and translation of the elements of the system on the pathway of attaining the equilibrium. Dynamics of such complex systems as proteins embedded in natural environment may be revealed with femtosecond time resolution. In more detail, this topic is analyzed in this volume [76]. 

Nemkovich NA, Rubinov AN, Tomin VI (1991) Inhomogeneous broadening of electronic spectra of dye molecules in solutions. In Lakowicz JR (ed) Topics in fluorescence spectroscopy, principles, vol 2. Plenum, New York, pp 367 128... 

Rettig W, Lapouyade R (1994) Fluorescence probes based on twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) states and other adiabatic photoreactions. Topics in fluorescence spectroscopy 4 109-149... 

McNamara G, Boswell C (2007) A thousand proteins of light 15 years of advances in fluorescent proteins. In Mendez-Vilas A, Diaz J (eds) Modem research and educational topics in microscopy. Formatex, Badajoz, Spain, pp 287-296... 

Selvin, P.R. (2003) Lanthanide-labeled DNA. In Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy, (J. Lakowicz, ed.), Vol. 7, pp. 177-212. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York. 

Hydrazide chemiluminescence has been investigated very intensively during recent years (for reviews, see 1>, p. 63, 2>, 90>). Main topics in this field are synthesis of highly chemiluminescent cyclic diacyl hydrazides derived from aromatic hydrocarbons, relations between chemiluminescence quantum yield and fluorescence efficiency of the dicarboxylates produced in the reaction, studies concerning the mechanism of luminol type chemiluminescence, and energy-transfer problems. 

B. Valeur, Principles of fluorescent probe design for ion recognition In Topics in Rwrescence Spectroscopy. Vol 4. Probe Design and Chemical Sensing (Ed. J.R. Lakowicz), Plenum, New York, 1994, pp 21-48. 

An introductory manual that explains the basic concepts of chemistry behind scientific analytical techniques and that reviews their application to archaeology. It explains key terminology, outlines the procedures to be followed in order to produce good data, and describes the function of the basic instrumentation required to carry out those procedures. The manual contains chapters on the basic chemistry and physics necessary to understand the techniques used in analytical chemistry, with more detailed chapters on atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy, neutron activation analysis, X-ray fluorescence, electron microscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. Each chapter describes the operation of the instruments, some hints on the practicalities, and a review of the application of the technique to archaeology, including some case studies. With guides to further reading on the topic, it is an essential tool for practitioners, researchers, and advanced students alike. 

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