Optical Sensors and Switches (Hardcover)

Buckets of light; luminescent PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer) signalling systems; sensors based on electrogenerated chemiluminescence; from superquenching to biodetection - building sensors based on fluorescent polyelectrolytes; luminescent metal complexes as spectroscopic probes of monomer/polymer environments; photorefractive effect in polymeric and molecular materials; dynamic holography in photorefractive liquid crystals; hologram switching and erasing strategies with liquid crystals; novel molecular phototonics materials and devices; molecular recognition events controllable by photochemical triggers or readable by photochemical outputs.