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Time-Resolved Spectroscopy in Complex Liquids

An Experimental Perspective

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Renato Torre

    1. University of Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

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  • Provides a cohesive introduction as well as latest developments in the field of complex liquids based on recent technological advances in pulsed laser sources
  • Unique focus on the new experimental procedures in the study of complex dynamical problems in liquid phases
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Two Dimensional Fifth-Order Raman Spectroscopy

    • Christopher J. Milne, Yun-Liang Li, R. J. Dwayne Miller
    Pages 1-72

  3. Optical Kerr Effect Experiments on Complex Liquids

    • Paolo Bartolini, Andrea Taschin, Roberto Eramo, Renato Torre
    Pages 73-127

  4. Transient Grating Experiments in Glass-Former Liquids

    • Paolo Bartolini, Andrea Taschin, Roberto Eramo, Renato Torre
    Pages 129-184

  5. Dynamical Processes in Confined Liquid Crystals

    • Mojca Vilfan, I. Drevensˇek Olenik, Martin Cˇopiˇ
    Pages 185-216

  6. Time-Resolved Fluorescence and Dichroism in Absorbing Liquids

    • Carlo Manzo, Lorenzo Marrucci, Paparo Manzo
    Pages 217-245

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 247-248
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The investigation of liquid properties is as old as the human desire to observe natural phenomena. The paramount relevance of such state of matter is - vious, spanning from the basic theoretical model of random systems to the more advanced technical applications. Nevertheless the interpretation and - derstanding of liquid properties remains a challenge in materials science. In the liquid state, the potential and kinetic energies are characterized by similarvalues,differentlyfromthegasorsolid/crystalphases.Thisfundamental physical property prevents a description of the liquid structure independently fromitsdynamics.Theintermolecularforcesandmolecularmotionsarestrictly interconnected, producing the peculiar features of liquid phases. In particular when the intermolecular potential is characterized by speci?c features,asanisotropicand/orlong-rangeinteractions,theliquidstateshows- cal dynamic aggregation and structuring phenomena. This is the distinguishing characteristic of complex liquids. Typical examples are the hydrogen-bonded liquids, glass formers, polymers and liquid crystals. Also relatively simple molecular liquids, e.g., CS and benzene, clearly show complex dynamics, 2 evidence of local structuring effects. During the last years, researchers have undertaken a steady effort to improve the knowledge of liquid matter, both from experimental and theoretical points of view. New spectroscopic techniques, based on nonlinear optical phenomena, have been realized and applied to the study of simple molecular liquids. On the other hand, standard experiments have been applied to liquids characterized by particularly complex dynamic processes.

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  • University of Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

    Renato Torre

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