This comprehensive introduction to polarized light provides students and researchers with the background and the specialized knowledge needed to fully utilize p

Corrected from the 1986 edition and now in paper, provides a conceptual and theoretical introduction to the use of optical spectroscopy for studying the optical

This book details chiroptical spectroscopic methods: electronic circular dichroism (ECD), optical rotatory dispersion (ORD), vibrational circular dichroism (VCD

This book provides an introduction to optical anisotropy (linear dichroism, LD) and optical activity (circular dichroism, CD) as techniques for the study of str

The third edition of this established classic text reference builds upon the strengths of its very popular predecessors. Organized as a broadly useful textbook