Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Fluorescence spectroscopy has found wide spread application in many areas of science and medicine, including physics, chemistry, biology, biochemistry, clinical medicine, cytology, immunology, hydrogeology, and environmental sciences. The book presents recent applications of and brand new developments in fluorescence spectroscopy written by experts in the field. It is an invaluable source of information for experienced spectroscopists as well as researchers from other disciplines applying fluorescence techniques and for novices entering this field.

1. New Methods in Fluorescence Spectroscopy.- 1. Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Where We Are and Where We're Going.- 2. Interactions and Kinetics of Single Molecules as Observed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy.- 3. Fast Optical Imaging Techniques.- 4. Kinetic Studies on Fluorescence Probes Using Synchrotron Radiation.- 5. Dynamics and Geometry in Dimeric Flavoproteins from Fluorescence Relaxation Spectroscopy.- 6. Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Light Scattering Materials.- 7. Optical Sensors Based on Fluorescence Quenching.- 2. New Applications of Fluorometry.- 8. Fluorescence in Forest Decline Studies.- 9. Fluorescence Microscopy Studies of Structure Formation in Surfactant Monolayers.- 10. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Application to Ca2+ Imaging.- 11. Ether Phospholipids in Membranes: Applications of Phase and Steady-State Fluorometry.- 12. Pyrene-Labelled Lipids as Fluorescent Probes in Studies on Biomembranes and Membrane Models.- 13. Optical Detection of Intracellular Ion Concentrations.- 3. Fluorimetric Analysis.- 14. Analytical Applications of Very Near-IR Fluorimetry.- 15. Fluorescence Detection in Flow Injection Analysis.- 16. Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Environmental and Hydrological Sciences.- 4. Fluorescence Immunoassay.- 17. Fluorescence Polarisation Immunoassay.- 18. Progress in Delayed Fluorescence Immunoassay.- 19. Chemiluminescence Detection in Immunochemical Techniques. Applications to Environmental Monitoring.- 5. Fluorescence in Biomedical Sciences.- 20. Fluorescence Transients in Neurobiology: Applications of Voltage Sensitive and Ion Indicator Dyes.- 21. Optical Monitoring of Postsynaptic Potential in the Early Embryonic Avian Brain Stem Using a Voltage-Sensitive Dye.