Kinetics of Photoinduced Reactions

The fruitful interaction between the fields of chemical kinetics and photophysics has led to a spectacular increase in our fundamental understanding of reactivity. Significant developments in the technology of light creation, manipulation, and chemical kinetic theory have been made. The field of kinetics more broadly has also greatly evolved in recent years, especially in the field of bimolecular reactions, but these developments need to be made more accessible to a wider cohort of experimentalists. Kinetics of Photoinduced Reactions addresses the current gap between theory and experimental techniques in chemical kinetics. The book provides a single resource which can be used not only to guide performing measurements, but also undertake data analysis and facilitate comparison with modern physical theories. Many laboratories in fundamental and applied research now make use of photophysical methods; very often, these laboratories are formed by practitioners of other areas with little training or knowledge of what are nonetheless often deceivingly simple methods. This book collects current knowledge from both a theoretical and practical perspective, aiming to provide learners and practitioners in all the associated fields (kinetics, photochemistry, materials science, catalysis) with a single, fundamental resource and a practical working guide. The text can be used to design and perform experiments in photokinetics and to properly analyse the results for extracting quantitative information. In addition to that, the very informative field of magnetic field effects in photochemical reactions is also addressed, given that it provides with unique tools to unveil reaction mechanisms and provides a connection to emerging fields, such as quantum biology and spintronics. Kinetics of Photoinduced Reactions is written primarily for graduate students, staff in higher education and researchers in the fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics, materials science, and catalysis.