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These two volumes provide a comprehensive overview of laser applications in many important fields of chemistry. They cover both the gleaning of information as well as the active influencing of reactions, with the applications stretching from chemistry, physics and materials science to biology and medicine. This handy reference also contains an equipment and peripherals overview for laser probing and laser chemistry setups.For chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and laser specialists, as well as those working in the chemical industry.
List of contents
Vol. I: PROBING MATTERPART I: GENERALPrinciples of LasersLaser SafetyPART II: LASERS AS PROBES IN CHEMISTRYOverviewChemical Sensing Using Quantum Cascade LasersLaser Diagnostics of Combustion ProcessesLIDAR for Ground- and Airborne Trace Gas DetectionNon-linear Spectroscopy and Coherent Multidimensional SpectroscopyPhotoacoustic SpectroscopyTunable Diode Laser Absorption SpectroscopyApplications of TDLAS in Process IndustriesLaser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)Laser Doppler AnemometryCavity Ring-down Spectroscopy in ChemistryLaser Spectroscopy Applied to Catalyis ResearchSpeciation Analysis Using LasersLaser-enhanced Spectroscopy and Coherent ControlLaser-induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (LIF)Laser Applications in Combustion Engine Research and DevelopmentRaman SpectroscopyMatrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications in Life Sciences MALDI-MS of Industrial Chemicals and PolymersAtmospheric-pressure Laser IonizationHigh-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy in Low-Temperature Crystalline MatricesVol. II: INFLUENCING MATTERPART III: LASERS TO START AND INFLUENCE CHEMICAL REACTIONSOverviewLaser-based Formation of NanoparticlesLaser Ablation in Background Gas and Its Application to the Synthesis of Nanostructured MaterialsLaser-induced Photocatalysis and Its ApplicationsLaser Enrichment of IsotopesReaction Mechanisms in the Gas Phase Studied by Laser PyrolysisFemtochemistry: Lasers to Investigate Ultrafast ReactionsLaser-plasma Chemistry: Chemical Reactions Initiated by Laser-produced PlasmasLaser MicromachiningLaser-induced Chemical Vapor Deposition (LCVD)Laser-induced Ignition for Combustion EnginesLasers in the Photopolymer AreaLaser Control of Chemical ReactionsCoherent Control of Chemical Dynamics with LasersNanosecond Laser Flash PhotolysisLasers in Semiconductor PhotochemistryLasers in Photodynamic TherapyPhoto Reactions Induced by Two-photon AbsorptionLaser-microwave in ChemistryPART IV: APPLICATIONSLasers in Material ProcessingLasers in BiologyLasers in MedicineLasers in Conservation and Preservation for Art and ArchitectureLasers in DentistryPART V: PAST AND FUTURE TRENDSHistory of Lasers in ChemistryTrends of Laser Research and DevelopmentOutlook
About the author
Maximilian Lackner holds a master's degree in physical and analytical chemistry and obtained his Ph.D. from Vienna University of Technology, Austria. As post-doc, he carried out spectroscopic investigations in optical engines at the Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden. His main research interest is the use of lasers in chemistry, applied to combustion and ignition. Dr. Lackner is an expert in laser ignition and tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), where he also holds a patent. Apart from his position as senior researcher at the Institute of Chemical Engineering at Vienna University of Technology, he is founder and chief technical officer of the company ProcessEng Engineering GmbH, also in Vienna.
Summary
Mit Lasern kann man das Verhalten der Materie beobachten, aber auch aktiv in Prozesse eingreifen. Beiden Seiten widmet sich dieses zweibändige Handbuch gleichermaßen ausführlich. Zahlreiche interessante Anwendungen spannen den Bogen von der Chemie über die Physik und Materialwissenschaft bis zur Biologie und Medizin. Außerdem informiert das Werk über die instrumentelle Ausrüstung, über Lasersonden und über Versuchsanlagen für die Laserchemie.
