About Light and the Sources That Generate It -- Excited States: Their Formation and Decay -- Basic Tools for the Study of Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms -- Fluorescence and the Singlet State -- The Triplet State -- Photochemical Behavior: Three Case Studies -- Energy Transfer -- Electron Transfer Involving Excited States -- Oxygen in Photochemistry -- Beyond the Basic Principles of Photochemistry -- Check Your Understanding -- Deep Dives -- A Tutorial about Laser Flash Photolysis (LFP).
"Written by Professor Scaiano, the Canada Research Chair in Applied Photochemistry at the University of Ottawa, Photochemistry Essentials is a concise introduction aimed at researchers and students who want to learn the essential principles of photochemistry, how to use light as a tool, and how to apply the concepts of photochemistry to their research."--