Molecular Crystals and liquid Crystals

Proceedings of the fourth international Conference on unconventional photoactive Solids 
The Almaden Sympsium - San José, California, October 15 - 18, 1989

C. G. Willson (guest editor)

Preface C. Grant Willson Page: VII
Polyacetylenes: From Conduction Properties to Nonlinear Optics - J. L. Bredas , J. M. Toussaint & F. Meyers Pages: 1-19
Intramolecular Energy Transfer Through Linear Polynes. Effect of Spacers - Gerd Blessing , Norbert Holl , Helmut Port , Hans Christoph Wolf , Franz Effenberger , Thomas Kesmarzky & Hubert Schlosser Pages: 21-30
Multistep Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Photoacceptor Terminated Molecular Triode - N. A. C. Bakker , P. G. Wiering , A. M. Brouwer , J. M. Warman & J. W. Verhoeven Pages: 31-40
An In-Depth Study of the Effects of the Electric Field on Charge Carrier Mobilities in Molecularly Doped Polymers - L. B. Schein Pages: 41-45
Ultrasensitive Laser Spectroscopy in Solids: Single-Molecule Detection - W. E. Moerner , L. Kador & W. P. Ambrose Pages: 47-57
Photoelectric Conversion by Monolayer Assemblies - Masamichi Fujihira Pages: 59-69
New Designs for Organic Molecules and Materials with Novel Magnetic Properties . Dennis A. Dougherty & David A. Kaisaki Pages: 71-79
Prearation and Nonlinear Optical Property of Polydiacetylenes from Unsymmetrical Diphenylbutadiynes with Trifluoromethyl Substituents - Shuji Okada , Minoru Ohsugi , Atsushi Masaki , Hiro Matsuda , Shigeru Takaragi & Hachiro Nakanishi Pages: 81-90
Hole Burning in Biopolymers - Josef Friedrich Pages: 91-103
Photoreactive Disordered Systems Studied by Permanent and Transient Hole-Burning - P. J. Van Der Zaag , Th. Schmidt , H. Van Der Laan , A. Visser & S. Völker Pages: 105-118
Spectral Hole Burning and Holographic Image Storage - Urs P. Wild & Alois Renn Pages: 119-129
Optical Probes in the Study of Restricted Geometries - J. Klafter , J. M. Drake , P. Levitz , A. Blumen & G. Zumofen Pages: 131-138
Optical-Spectroscopy of Interacting Protons in H-Bonding System - Tadaoki Mitani Pages: 139-142
Towards Nanophotonics: Temporal Patterns of Photons Create Spatial Patterns of Excitons in Molecular Dots and Wires - Z-Y. Shi & R. Kopelman Pages: 143-151
Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Polydiacetylene - Takayoshi Kobayashi , Masayuki Yoshizawa & Makoto Taiji Pages: 153-156
Electronic Transport in Si and Ge Backbone Polymers—Effect of Thermal Transitions - M. A. Abkowitz , K. M. McGrane , F. E. Knier & M. Stolka Pages: 157-169
Hierarchical Transport Processes in Photoconduction - A. Blumen , G. Zumofen & J. Klafter Pages: 171-175
Electrical Switching Effect in Organic Charge Transfer Compounds - Y. Iwasa , N. Watanabe , T. Koda , S. Koshihara , Y. Tokura , N. Iwasawa & G. Saito Pages: 177-180
Trapping Kinetics and Excitation Self-Organization in One-Dimensional Topologies: Monte Carlo Simulations - R. Schoonover & R. Kopelman Pages: 181-186
Reaction Front Dynamics in Diffusion-Controlled Particle-Antiparticle Annihilation: Experiments and Simulations - Y. E. Koo , L. Li & R. Kopelman Pages: 187-192
Charge Carrier Generation in Phenothiazine Crystal - A. Kurabayashi & M. Kotani Pages: 193-196
Two-Photon Processes in Substituted Polysilanes - Franklin M. Schellenberg , Robert L. Byer , Robert D. Miller & Satoru Kano Pages: 197-210
Charge Hopping Transport Studies in s-Conjugated Polysilanes - L. M. Samuel , P. N. Sanda , R. D. Miller & D. Thompson Pages: 211-216
Charge Transport Processes in Molecularly Doped Polymers: Interaction Effect Between Charge Transporting Molecules and Polymers - Huoy-Jen Yuh & D. M. Pai Pages: 217-226
UV Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Photoconducting Polymers and 1:1 Alternating Copolymers Containing Pendant p-Electron Systems - Yasuhiko Shirota , Yasuyo Matsumoto , Toshio Tanaka , Naoki Noma , Kazuhiko Seki , Hiromichi Yamamoto & Hiroo Inokuchi Pages: 227-239
Nonlinear Optical Studies of Polysilanes - Premal Shukla , Pat M. Cotts , Robert D. Miller , Stephen Ducharme , Rahul Asthana & Jim Zavislan Pages: 241-259
A Novel Synthesis of Polyacrylates and Polymethacrylates with Pendant Carbazole Groups - Peter Strohriegl Pages: 261-267
First Detection of the (Nonphosphorescent) Triplet State in Single Crystals of ß-Carotene - Jürgen Frick , Jost Ulrich Von Schütz , Hans Christoph Wolf & Gerd Kothe Pages: 269-272
Solid-State Structure and Spectroscopy of Chromoionophoric Acridinium Derivatives - S. A. Jonker , S. I. Van Dijk , K. Goubitz , C. A. Reiss , W. Schuddeboom & J. W. Verhoeven Pages: 273-282
Line Narrowing Effects in Kinetics of Dispersive First-Order Reactions - Ranko Richert Pages: 283-290
Near-IR Dyes for the 1.3 to 1.5 Micron Region: The Use of Substituted Dithiolene Complexes - U. T. Mueller-westerhoff , D. I. Yoon & K. Plourde Pages: 291-302
Time Variation of Energy in Colliding Solitons in Polyacetylene - Kaoru Iguchi Pages: 303-306
Surface Chemistries and Photoelectrochemistries of Thin Film Molecular Semiconductor Materials - C. Arbour , N. R. Armstrong , R. Brina , G. Collins , J. Danziger , J.-P. Dodelet , P. Lee , K. W. Nebesny , J. Pankow & S. Waite Pages: 307-320
Monitoring Electric Field Induced Refractive Index Changes in Liquid Crystals with Polymer Lightguides - Martin Osterfeld , Hilmar Franke & Werner Frank Pages: 321-328
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Blue and Red Phase Polydiacetylene Films - T. Hasegawa , T. Kanetake , K. Ishikawa , T. Koda , K. Takeda , H. Kobayashi & K. Kubodera Pages: 329-332
Subwavelength Molecular Optics: The World's Smallest Light Source? - Raoul Kopelman , Klonimus Lieberman & Aaron Lewis Pages: 333-340
Alignment of Dye Molecules Studied Through Surface Second-Harmonic Generation - Y. Shimizu & M. Kotani Pages: 341-344
Photophysical Behaviors of J-Aggregates of Merocyanine in Langmuir-Blodgett Films - Hiroo Nakahara , Hideki Uchimi , Kiyoshige Fukuda , Naoto Tamai & Iwao Yamazaki Pages: 345-360
Exploratory Studies on Novel Liquid Crystal Acrylates - Stacy B. Evans , Joseph I. Weinschenk III , Anne Buyle Padias , H. K. Hall Jr. & Thomas M. Leslie Pages: 361-364
Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy: A Sensitive Absorption Technique for Organic Thin Films - Andrew Skumanich & J. C. Scott Pages: 365-370
Photo- and Thermo-Chromic Behaviors of Polydiacetylenes with Alkylurethane Substituents - Kenji Takeda , Masaki Hasegawa , Shinya Koshihara , Yoshinori Tokura & Takao Koda Pages: 371-374
Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity Studies of Long-Distance Electron Tunnelling in Molecular Systems - John M. Warman , Matthijs P. De Haas , Kenneth J. Smit , Michael N. Paddon-row & Johan F. Van Der Pol Pages: 375-385
Novel Phthalocyanine Polymers for Applications in Optical Devices - Thomas Sauer , Walter Caseri & Gerhard Wegner Pages: 387-402
Photochemical Processes on Oxide Surfaces. A Diffuse Reflectance Laser Flash Photolysis Study - K. R. Gopidas , Prashant V. Kamat & M. V. George Pages: 403-409
Sudden Conduction at the Solid to Mesophase Transition of Octa-n-Alkoxy Substituted Phthalocyanines - Johan F. Van Der Pol , Matthijs P. De Haas , John M. Warman & Wiendelt Drenth Pages: 411-420
Holographic Gratings in Diacetylene Single Crystals - Hans-Dieter Bauer , Thomas Vogtmann & Markus Schwoerer Pages: 421-437
Picosecond Charge Transfer Processes in Ultrasmall CdS and CdSe Semiconductor Particles - Prashant V. Kamat , K. R. Gopidas & Nada M. Dimitrijevíc Pages: 439-445
Photoionization of Singlet Excitation in Anthracene Single Crystal - Ryuzi Katoh & Masahiro Kotani Pages: 447-450
Recent Progress in Dye-Polymers Systems for Polarization Holographic Optical Elements Development - Roger A. Lessard & Jean J.A. Couture Pages: 451-465
Exciton Annihilation Dynamics in Poly(Phenylenevinylene) - Mitsuhiro Furukawa , Ken-Ichi Mizuno , Atsuo Matsui , Soonil D. D. V. Rughooputh & William C. Walker Pages: 467-474
Persistent Spectral Holes and Inhomogeneous Broadening Observed in Biological Systems with Mesoscopic Structures - Toshiro Tani , Youichi Sakakibara & Kyonosuke Yamamoto Pages: 475-479
Photoacid Catalyzed Photo-Fries Rearrangements of Poly(P-Formyloxystyrene) and Formyloxynovolac - Wen-An Loong & Rong-Hsiung Chen Pages: 481-489
New Write-One Optical Media Using Near Infrared Absorbing Metal Complex Dyes with Indoaniline-Type Ligand - Shuichi Maeda , Hidemi Yoshida , Yutaka Kurose , Kenichi Uchino , Shizue Inaba , Yuji Kubo & Katsuhira Yoshida Pages: 491-494
Kinetics of Photopolymerization in Polymer Matrix - Vadim V. Krongauz & Robert M. Yohannan Pages: 495-503
Cationic Photoinitiators: Solid State Photochemistry of Triphenylsulfonium Salts - Nigel P. Hacker , Daniel V. Leff & John L. Dektar Pages: 505-511

Gordon & Breach Science Publishers Ltd, Softcover, english, 512 pages