9789048138296. Pre-owned: good condition. Hard cover. Pages: 598. 598 P. 20 Tables black and white xxvi 598 p. Intended for college higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Applied photochemistry encompasses the major applications of the chemical effects resulting from light absorption by atoms and molecules in chemistry physics medicine and engineering and contains contributions from specialists in these key areas. Particular emphasis is placed both on how photochemistry contributes to these disciplines and on what the current developments are. The book starts with a general description of the interaction between light and matter which provides the general background to photochemistry for non-specialists. The following chapters develop the general synthetic and mechanistic aspects of photochemistry as applied to both organic and inorganic materials together with types of materials which are useful as light absorbers emitters sensitisers etc. For a wide variety of applications. A detailed discussion is presented on the photochemical processes occurring in the earth s atmosphere including discussion of important current aspects such as ozone depletion. Two important distinct but interconnected applications of photochemistry are in photocatalytic treatment of wastes and in solar energy conversion. Semiconductor photochemistry plays an important role in these and is discussed with reference to both of these areas. Free radicals and reactiv...
