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Theoretical background of photochemistry and photophysics, photochemical reactions of organic, inorganic and macromolecular compounds, polymer imaging systems and photopolymerizable systems and their use, photodegradation and photostabilisation of polymer materials, background of photochemical reactions in atmosphere.

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1 Introductory Concepts
1.1 The quantum nature of matter and light
1.2 Modelling atoms: atomic orbitals
1.3 Modelling molecules: molecular orbitals
1.4 Modelling molecules: electronic states
1.5 Light sources used in photochemistry (mercury lamp and lasers)
1.6 Efficiency of photochemical processes: quantum yield
2 Light Absorption and Electronically-excited States
2.1 The Beer-Lambert law
2.2 The physical basis of light absorption by molecules
2.3 Absorption of light by organic molecules
3 The Physical Deactivation of Excited States
3.1 Jablonski diagrams
3.2 Excited-state lifetimes
4 Radiative Processes of Excited States
4.1 Fluorescence and fluorescence spectra
4.2 Fluorescence quantum yield
4.3 Molecular fluorescence in analytical chemistry
4.4 Phosphorescence
4.5 Delayed fluorescence
4.6 Lanthanide luminescence
5 Intramolecular Radiationless Transitions of Excited States
5.1 The energy gap law
5.2 The Franck-Condon factor
5.3 Selection rules for intersystem crossing
6 Intermolecular Physical Processes of Excited States
6.1 Quenching Processes
7 Investigating Some Aspects of Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms
7.1 Information from electronic spectra
7.2 Triplet-quenching studies
7.3 Sensitisation
8 Semiconductor Photochemistry
8.1 Solar energy conversion by photovoltaic cells
8.2 Semiconductors as sensitisers for water splitting
8.3 Semiconductor photocatalysis
8.4 Semiconductor – photoinduced superhydrophilicity
9 Imaging systems, photochemical imaging systems
9.1 Photoresists
9.2 UV curing technology

To provide an overview of the concepts of photochemistry as a scientific discipline and their application potential.

Brian Wardle: Principles and Applications of Photochemistry, Wiley 2009 (EN)