This book gives an extensive description of the state-of-the-art in research on excited-state hydrogen bonding and hydrogen transfer in recent years. Initial chapters present both the experimental and theoretical investigations on the excited-state hydrogen bonding structures and dynamics of many organic and biological chromophores. Following this, several chapters describe the influences of the excited-state hydrogen bonding on various photophysical processes and photochemical reactions, for example: hydrogen bonding effects on fluorescence emission behaviors and photoisomerization; the role of hydrogen bonding in photosynthetic water splitting; photoinduced electron transfer and solvation dynamics in room temperature ionic liquids; and hydrogen bonding barrier crossing dynamics at bio-mimicking surfaces. Finally, the book examines experimental and theoretical studies on the nature and control of excited-state hydrogen transfer in various systems. Hydrogen Bonding and Transfer in the Excited State is an essential overview of this increasingly important field of study, surveying the entire field over 2 volumes, 40 chapters and 1200 pages. It will find a place on the bookshelves of researchers in photochemistry, photobiology, photophysics, physical chemistry and chemical physics.

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Preface. List of Contributors. Volume I. 1. Vibrational Dynamics of the Hydrogen Bonds in Nucleic Acid Base Pairs (Yun-An Yan and Oliver Kühn). References. 2. Vibrational Energy Relaxation Dynamics of XH Stretching Vibrations of Aromatic Molecules in the Electronic Excited State (Takayuki Ebata). References. 3. The Hydrogen-Bond Basicity in the Excited State. Concept and Applications (Attila Demeter). Acknowledgement. References. 4. Solute-Solvent Hydrogen Bond Formation in the Excited State. Experimental and theoretical Evidences (Iulia Matei, Sorana Ionescu, Mihaela Hillebrand). References. 5. Electronic Excited State Structures and Properties of Hydrated Dna Bases and Base Pairs (Manoj K. Shukla and Jerzy Leszczynski). Acknowledgement. References. 6. Insight from Singlet into Triplet Excited-State Hydrogen Bonding Dynamics in Solution (Guang-Jiu Zhao and Ke-Li Han). Acknowledgement. References. 7. Probing Dynamic Heterogeneity in Nano-Confined Systems: Femtosecond Excitation Wavelength Dependence and FCS (Shantanu Dey, Ujjwal Mandal, Aniruddha Adhikari, Subhadip Ghosh, and Kankan Bhattacharyya). Acknowledgement. References. 8. Fluorescence Studies of the Hydrogen Bonding of Excited State Molecules within Supramolecular Host-Guest Inclusion Complexes (Brian D. Wagner). References. 9. Hydrogen Bonding on Photoexcitation (Debarati Dey, Manas Kumar Sarangi and Samita Basu). References. 10. Effect of Intramolecular H-Bond-Type Interactions on the Photochemistry of Aza-Stilbene-Like Molecules (Giampiero Bartocci, Ugo Mazzucato, and Anna Spalletti). References. 11. Hydrogen Bonding Barrier Crossing Dynamics at Bio-Mimicking Surfaces (Rajib Kumar Mitra, Pramod Kumar Verma, Debapriya Banerjee, Samir Kumar Pal). Acknowledgement. References. 12. Formation of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds in the Fluorescence Excited State of Organic Luminophores Containing Simultaneously Carbonyl and Amino Group (Ilijana Timcheva and Peter Nikolov). References. 13. Hydrogen-Bonding Effects on Excited States of Para-Hydroxyphenacyl Compounds (David Lee Phillips). References. 14. Hydrogen Bonding Effects On Intramolecular Charge Transfer (Govindarajan Krishnamoorthy). Acknowledgement. References. 15. Chemical Dynamics in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: the Role of Hydrogen Bonding (Souravi Sarkar, Rajib Pramanik, and Nilmoni Sarkar). References. 16. Vibrational Spectroscopy for Studying Hydrogen Bonding in Imidazolium Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures with Co-Solvents (Johannes Kiefer). Acknowledgement. References. 17. Intramolecular H-Bond Formation Mediated De-Excitation of Curcuminoids: a Time-Resolved Fluorescence Study (Luca Nardo, Alessandra andreoni and Hanne Hjorth Tonnesen). References. 18. Hydrogen Bonds of Protein-Bound Water Molecules in Rhodopsins (Hideki Kandori). Acknowledgement. References. 19. Ground and Excited State Hydrogen Bonding in the Diazaromatic Betacarboline Derivatives (Carmen Carmona, Manuel Balon, María Asuncion Muñoz, Antonio Sanchez-Coronilla, Jose Hidalgo, and Emilio García-Fernandez). Acknowledgement. References. 20. Effect of H-Bonding on the Photophysical Behavior of Coumarin Dyes (Sukhendu Nath, Manoj Kumbhakar, Haridas Pal). References. 21. Role of Hydrogen Bonds in Photosynthetic Water Splitting (Gernot Renger). Acknowledgement. References. Volume II. 22. Proton Transfer Reactions in the Excited Electronic States (Vladimir I. Tomin). Acknowledgement. References. 23. Controlling Excited-State Proton/H-Atom Transfer along Hydrogen-Bonded Wires (Carine Manca Tanner, Christian Tanner, and Samuel Leutwyler). Acknowledgements. References. 24. Excited State Proton Transfer via Hydrogen Bonded Dimers and Complexes in Conden ...