Molecular light scattering and optical activity

Laurence D. Barron0521813417, 9780521813419, 9780511231216

Ranging from the physics of elementary particles to the structure of viruses, the subject matter of this book stresses the importance of optical activity and chirality in modern science and will be of interest to a wide range of scientists. Using classical and quantum methods with a strong emphasis on symmetry principles, the volume develops the theory of varied optical activity and related phenomena from the perspective of molecular scattering of polarized light. First Edition Hb (1983): 0-521-24602-4

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Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
About the book……Page 3
Title: MOLECULAR LIGHT SCATTERING AND OPTICAL ACTIVITY……Page 5
ISBN 0521813417……Page 6
2 Molecules in electric and magnetic fields……Page 9
4 Symmetry and optical activity……Page 10
6 Magnetic electronic optical activity……Page 11
8 Antisymmetric scattering and magnetic Raman optical activity……Page 12
Preface to the first edition……Page 13
Preface to the second edition……Page 17
Symbols……Page 20
1.1 Introduction……Page 25
1.2 Natural optical rotation and circular dichroism……Page 26
1.3 Magnetic optical rotation and circular dichroism……Page 34
1.4 Light scattering from optically active molecules……Page 38
1.5 Vibrational optical activity……Page 41
1.6 X-ray optical activity……Page 45
1.7 Magnetochiral phenomena……Page 46
1.8 The Kerr and Cotton–Mouton effects……Page 47
1.9 Symmetry and optical activity……Page 48
2.1 Introduction……Page 77
2.2 Electromagnetic waves……Page 78
2.3 Polarized light……Page 85
2.4 Electric and magnetic multipole moments……Page 91
2.5 The energy of charges and currents in electric and magnetic fields……Page 102
2.6 Molecules in electric and magnetic fields……Page 109
2.7 A molecule in a radiation field in the presence of other perturbations……Page 127
2.8 Molecular transition tensors……Page 131
3.1 Introduction……Page 147
3.2 Molecular scattering of light……Page 148
3.3 Radiation by induced oscillating molecular multipole moments……Page 150
3.4 Polarization phenomena in transmitted light……Page 151
3.5 Polarization phenomena in Rayleigh and Raman scattered light……Page 175
4.2 Cartesian tensors……Page 194
4.3 Inversion symmetry in quantummechanics……Page 211
4.4 The symmetry classification of molecular property tensors……Page 241
4.5 Permutation symmetry and chirality……Page 266
5.2 General aspects of natural optical rotation and circular dichroism……Page 288
5.3 The generation of natural optical activity within molecules……Page 296
5.4 Illustrative examples……Page 315
5.5 Vibrational structure in circular dichroism spectra……Page 328
6.1 Introduction……Page 335
6.2 General aspects of magnetic optical rotation and circular dichroism……Page 336
6.3 Illustrative examples……Page 341
6.4 Magnetochiral birefringence and dichroism……Page 351
7.1 Introduction……Page 355
7.2 Natural vibrational optical rotation and circular dichroism……Page 356
7.3 Natural vibrational Raman optical activity……Page 366
7.4 The bond dipole and bond polarizability models applied to simple chiral structures……Page 386
7.5 Coupling models……Page 403
7.6 Raman optical activity of biomolecules……Page 405
8.1 Introduction……Page 409
8.2 Symmetry considerations……Page 410
8.3 A vibronic development of the vibrational Raman transition tensors……Page 412
8.4 Antisymmetric scattering……Page 417
8.5 Magnetic Rayleigh and Raman optical activity……Page 431
References……Page 447
B……Page 460
D……Page 461
H……Page 462
M……Page 463
P……Page 464
S……Page 465
V……Page 466
W,X,Y,Z……Page 467