Photochemistry: Volume 41 (Specialist Periodical Reports - Photochemistry)

Product description From the Back Cover Reviewing photo-induced processes that have relevance to a wide-ranging number of academic and commericial disciplines and interests covering chemistry, physics, biology and technology, this series is essential reading for anyone wishing to keep abreast of the current literature. Now in its 41st volume, and with contributions from across the globe, this series continues to present an accessible digest of current opinion and research in all aspects of photochemistry.More than 100 years have passed since Ciamician first talked of solar energy conversion and photoresponsive materials and these topics are among those reviewed in this Specialist Periodical Report. Other chapters examine the potential for photo-click chemistry, the photophysics of transition-metal complexes and excited state dynamics in conjugated polymers. This specialist periodical report presents critical and comprehensive reviews of the last 12 months of the literature and is an essential resource for anyone working at the cutting edge of photochemistry. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Photochemistry Volume 41A Review of the Literature Published Between January 2011 and December 2012By Angelo Albini, Elisa FasaniThe Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright © 2013 The Royal Society of ChemistryAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-84973-580-3ContentsPreface Angelo Albini and Elisa Fasani, v, Periodical Reports: Physical, Inorganic Aspects and Solar Energy Conversion, Introduction and review of the year 2012 Angelo Albini, 3, Light induced reactions in cryogenic matrices (highlights 2011–2012) Rui Fausto and Andrea Gómez-Zavaglia, 12, Photophysics of fluorescently labeled oligomers and polymers J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Telma Costa, Catherine S. de Castro and António L. Maçanita, 59, Photochemical and photocatalytic properties of transition-metal compounds Andrea Maldotti, 127, Photophysics of transition metal complexes Francesco Nastasi, Maria Letizia Di Pietro, Emanuela Trovato and Fausto Puntoriero, 156, Photochemical applications of solar energy: photocatalysis and photodecomposition of water K. Kalyanasundaram, 182, Highlights in Photochemistry, Enlightening the Americas: A History of the Inter-American Photochemical Society (1975–2013) Bruce A. Armitage, 269, Fluorogenic probes for imaging reactive oxygen species Katerina Krumova and Gonzalo Cosa, 279, Nitric oxide photoreleasing nanoconstructs with multiple photofunctionalities Aurore Fraix, Noufal Kandoth and Salvatore Sortino, 302, Photochemical biology of caged nucleic acids Xinjing Tang, 319, Photochemistry of the prebiotic atmosphere Daniele Dondi, Daniele Merli and Alberto Zeffiro, 342, CHAPTER 1Periodical Reports: Physical, Inorganic Aspects and Solar Energy ConversionIntroduction and review of the year 2012Angelo AlbiniDOI: 10.1039/9781849737722-00003After a short introduction on the format adopted for this series of reports, a few representative findings on photochemistry and its applications published in 2012 are discussed.1 IntroductionThe present volume, no. 41 in the series "Photochemistry" of the Specialist Reports published by the Royal Society of Chemistry follows the format adopted from volume 39 on, that is a review of each of the main aspects of photochemistry is presented every other year, in order to offer more room for discussion of the development occurring. Thus, reviews on physico-chemical aspects (photochemistry in matrix and dynamic aspects in polymers) are presented here, along with inorganic photochemistry (physical, chemical and catalytic aspects) and photochemical energy conversion. These are referred to the 2011–2012 period. Computational and organic photochemistry will be reviewed in next volume with reference to the period 2012–2013.The second part of the volume, and a fixed feature of the series, contains a number of highlights, containing personal accounts of various application of photochemistry. In this case, the history of the Inter-American Photochemistry Association is presented, following that of Asian-Oceanian and European societies published in the previous volume. The other accounts mainly deal with applications in the biological field, with such timely issues as fluorogenic probes for reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide photoreleasing nanoconstructs and the photobiology of caged nucleic acids. A further highlight is devoted to the photochemistry of prebiotic atmosphere.2012 has marked the centennial of the celebrated presentation by Giacomo Ciamician in New York on the photochemistry of the future that made a large impression at the time and indeed makes a pleasant and inspiring reading a century afterwards. Among the anniversaries of the year, that of Kurt Schaffner, who turned 80. He has been Professor in Geneva and then Director of the Max Plank Institute of Radiation Chemistry (now of Bioorganic Chemistry) in Mülheim-Ruhr, Germany, from 1976 on. His choice to initiate a new and exper