Photochemical processes in organized molecular systems : proceedings of the memorial conference for the late Professor Shigeo Tazuke, Yokohama, Japan, September 22-24, 1990

Photochemical processes form the basis of life. Energy transfer through photons also underlies a wide range of phenomena ranging from the motion of atoms and molecules to the assembly of systems of molecules, such as polymers, Langmuir-Blodgett films and even liquid crystals. Photochemical Processes in Organized Molecular Systems provides an overview of recent photochemical investigations of systems of molecules. The book is divided into four parts: the first two deal with current progress on the understanding of photoinduced chemical processes, the third and fourth chapter deal with the photochemistry of organized molecular systems including polymers, micelles and liquid crystals. This book should be studied by all who want to know more about this promising field of photochemical research, and about the fascinating processes that light can bring about. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page v , Kenichi Honda THE MEMORIAL CONFERENCE FOR THE LATE PROFESSOR SHIGEO TAZUKE , Page vi PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN ORGANIZED MOLECULAR SYSTEMS , Page vii Professor Shigeo Tazuke , Page viii THE LATE PROFESSOR SHIGEO TAZUKE , Page ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Page x , Hiroshi Masuhara, Noboru Kitamura ULTRAFAST LASER PHOTOLYSIS INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER AND DYNAMICS OF TRANSIENT ION PAIRS , Pages 3-17 , Noboru MATAGA DYNAMICS OF PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER IN SOLUTION , Pages 19-40 , Ian R. GOULD, Ralph H. YOUNG, Samir FARID CONTROL OF ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES BY MOTIONS OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES , Pages 41-60 , John R. Miller FLUORESCENCE PROBES BASED ON ADIABATIC PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS , Pages 61-81 , W. RETTIG, R. FRITZ, J. SPRINGER MULTICOMPONENT FLUORESCENCE DECAY ANALYSIS IN INTRAMOLECULAR EXCIMER FORMATION WITH DIPYRENYLALKANES , Pages 83-100 , Klaas A. ZACHARIASSE, Gerd DUVENECK, Wolfgang KÜHNLE, Uwe LEINHOS, Peter REYNDERS EXCITATION HOPPING BETWEEN TWO IDENTICAL CHROMOPHORES ATTACHED TO BOTH ENDS OF ALKANES , Pages 101-116 , Tomiki IKEDA, Bong LEE, Shigeo TAZUKE PICOSECOND DYNAMICS OF DYES IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS , Pages 117-129 , K. Yoshihara, K. Kemnitz INTRAMOLECULAR, PHOTOCHEMICAL ELECTRON AND ENERGY TRANSFER , Pages 133-150 , Thomas J. MEYER INTRAMOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER AND ENERGY TRANSFER IN BIMETALATED COMPOUNDS , Pages 151-161 , T. Ohno, K. Nozaki, M.-A. Haga SOLVENT EFFECT ON ELECTRON-TRANSFER QUENCHING OF * Ru(bpy) 3 2+ , Pages 163-175 , Haeng-Boo KIM, Noboru KITAMURA, Shigeo TAZUKE PHOTOSENSITIZED REACTIONS BY [Re(bpy)(CO) 3 X] , Pages 177-186 , Chyongjin PAC, Sadamichi KASEDA, Koichiro ISHII, Shozo YANAGIDA, Osamu ISHITANI MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS ON PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER AND THE SUCCEEDING PROCESSES IN ORGANIZED MOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES , Pages 187-197 , Taku MATSUO, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Satoshi USUI, Hiroaki YONEMURA, Akihiro UEHATA HIGHLY SPECIFIC ISOMERIZATION OF AROMATIC OLEFIN RADICAL CATIONS PRODUCED BY PHOTOSENSITIZED ELECTRON TRANSFER , Pages 199-211 , Katsumi TOKUMARU, Yasunao KURIYAMA, Tatsuo ARAI, Igor K. LEDNEV, Ryoichi AKABA, Hirochika SAKURAGI PHOTOINDUCED SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSFER FRAGMENTATION AND CYCLIZATION REACTIONS. MEDIUM AND INTERFACIAL EFFECTS , Pages 213-236 , David G. WHITTEN, Carlos CHESTA, Xiaohong CI, Matthew A. KELLETT, Vivian W.W. YAM LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND POLYMER CHEMISTRY , Pages 239-256 , F.C. De Schryver FLUORESCENCE STUDIES OF HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS IN WATER: PHASE TRANSITIONS IN AQUEOUS POLY-(N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE) SOLUTIONS , Pages 257-274 , Françoise M. WINNIK POLYMER DIFFUSION IN LATEX FILMS , Pages 275-293 , Mitchell A. Winnik, Yongcai Wang, Cheng-Le Zhao STEADY STATE INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE STUDIES OF BLOCK COPOLYMER MICELLES , Pages 295-313 , David A. Ylitalo, Alan S. Yeung, Curtis W. Frank INTERFACIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DOPED POLYMER FILMS: TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY , Pages 315-328 , Akira ITAYA, Hiroshi MASUHARA ENERGY TRANSFER AND MIGRATION IN POLYMER LB FILMS , Pages 329-341 , Masahide YAMAMOTO, Shinzaburo ITO, Satoru OHMORI REGULATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ALIGNMENT CHANGE BY PHOTOCHROMIC MOLECULAR FILMS , Pages 343-357 , Kunihiro ICHIMURA SYNTHETIC DESIGN OF LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR DIRECTIONAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT , Pages 359-376 , Marye Anne FOX, Horng-Long PAN DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE LASER PHOTOLYSIS OF ADSORBED MOLECULES , Pages 377-396 , Frank WILKINSON, Robert BEER PHOTOCHROMISM OF DIARYLETHENES WITH HETEROCYCLIC RINGS , Pages 399-410 , Masahiro IRIE PHOTO-INDUCED AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REDOX MOLECULAR SYSTEMS , Pages 411-425 , Takeo SHIMIDZU, Tomokazu IYODA, Hiroshi SEGAWA, Kenichi HONDA INFORMATION STORAGE USING PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYBRID SYSTEMS , Pages 427-435 , Z.F. LIU, K. HASHIMOTO, A. FUJISHIMA ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IN ORGANIC THIN FILMS , Pages 437-450 , Tetsuo TSUTSUI, Chihaya ADACHI, Shogo SAITO ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTION IN PHOTOCHEMICAL HOLE BURNING IN PORPHYRIN-POLYMER SYSTEMS , Pages 451-462 , Kazuyuki HORIE PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION WITH LANGMUIR-BLODGETT FILMS , Pages 463-482 , Masamichi FUJIHIRA FRACTALS AND EXCITATION TRANSFER IN MOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES , Pages 483-490 , Iwao YAMAZAKI, Naoto TAMAI, Tomoko YAMAZAKI MICROPHOTOCONVERSION: EXPLORATORY CHEMISTRY BY LASER AND MICROFABRICATION , Pages 491-507 , Hiroshi MASUHARA MICROMETER PHOTOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS IN ORGANIZED MOLECULAR SYSTEMS , Pages 509-524 , Noboru KITAMURA, Hiroshi MASUHARA CONTRIBUTED POSTERS , Pages 525-529 AUTHOR INDEX , Page 531 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 533-538 Photochemical processes form the basis of life. Energy transfer through photons also underlies a wide range of phenomena ranging from the motion of atoms and molecules to the assembly of systems of molecules, such as polymers, Langmuir-Blodgett films and even liquid crystals. Photochemical Processes in Organized Molecular Systems provides an overview of recent photochemical investigations of systems of molecules. The book is divided into four parts: the first two deal with current progress on the understanding of photoinduced chemical processes, the third and fourth chapter deal with the ph ..