Download or read book Optical Effects Associated with Small Particles written by R K Chang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1988-03-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of review articles by scientists who have pioneered many of the recent advances in studies of the optical effects of small particles. The book begins with a review of the multitude of sharp dielectric resonances which exist in all optical spectra as a result of particle size and shape. Latest advances in absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy of a single particle and/or an ensemble of particles are also discussed, as well as advances in the energy transfer mechanisms for molecules embedded in the particle. The effects of laser-induced heating on a single particle are reviewed in terms of the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the liquid droplet and its ambient gas surrounding. The limits of applying bulk optical constants to small particles which lie between the bulk substance and the quantum-sized substance are also presented. Contents:Morphology-Dependent Resonances (S Hill & R Benner)Spectroscopy of Single Levitated Micron Sized Particles (S Arnold)Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Aerosols (A Campillo & Horn-Bond Lin)Laser-Induced Droplet Heating (R Armstrong)The Applicability of Bulk Optical Constants to Small Particles (D Huffman) Readership: Optical physicists, applied physicists, chemists, mechanical and chemical engineers. Review: “This volume provides a timely and well-written account of a number of topics subsumed under the title.” Milton Kerker Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (USA), 1989 “This is a most interesting and useful review of new departures in light scattering research with potentially important applications … clearly written covering the essential basics as well as current developments…” A R Jones Journal of Modern Optics, 1989