Ch. 1. Chromophore coupling effects / H. Kuhn and C. Kuhn -- ch. 2. Hierarchical structure in oriented J-aggregates / K. Misawa and T. Kobayashi -- ch. 3. Structure and exciton emission dynamics of molecular aggregates: Cyanines and porphyrins / D.L. Akins -- ch. 4. Molecular aggregate spectra / P.O.J. Scherer -- ch. 5. Theory of pump-probe spectroscopy of molecular J-aggregates / J. Knoester and F. Spano -- ch. 6. Femtosecond nonlinear optical response in J-aggregates exciton dynamics and stimulated raman process / T. Kobayashi and K. Misawa -- ch. 7. Nonlinear optical properties of pseudoisocyanine J-aggregates / R. Gadonas -- ch. 8. Dynamics of excitation energy transfer in molecular aggregates of chemical and biological relevance / V. Sundstrom -- ch. 9. J-aggregates in spectral sensitization of photographic materials / T. Tani.
Summary
J-aggregates have a long history of research but so far no books have been published on this group of very interesting materials. The book is on the structures, electronic states, linear and nonlinear optical properties and spectroscopies of the J-aggregates. Various properties and processes of J-aggregates such as superradiance, excitons, photon echo, geometrical structure, electron transfer and femtosecond spectroscopy are also discussed. The contributors are those actively working in the field.
