PHOTOTHERMAL BEAM DEFLECTION CALORIMETRY IN SOLUTION PHOTOCHEMISTRY -RECENT PROGRESS AND FUTURE-PROSPECTS

Authors
FALVEY DE
Citation
De. Falvey, PHOTOTHERMAL BEAM DEFLECTION CALORIMETRY IN SOLUTION PHOTOCHEMISTRY -RECENT PROGRESS AND FUTURE-PROSPECTS, Photochemistry and photobiology, 65(1), 1997, pp. 4-9
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
Photochemistry and photobiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318655
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8655(1997)65:1<4:PBDCIS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Photothermal beam deflection (PBD) calorimetry is a technique that mea sures changes in the solvent's refractive index that accompanies photo thermal heating, This method is capable of extracting both kinetic and thermodynamic information from photochemical reactions. A qualitative description of physical basis of time-resolved PBD is presented, Seve ral recent examples of its application to photochemical and photobiolo gical problems are discussed. Finally, the advantages and limitations of PBD are described.