Practical Applications of Molecular Spectroscopy

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue on Practical Applications of Molecular Specrtoscopy is currenly accepting papers for publication. Some of the feature topics that are considered are the recent technological advances in instrumentation design and development, devices and systems, as well as the theoretical background for analysis next to the fundamental computational background of the spectroscopic mechanisms used for diagnosis and investigations. Molecular characterization can be potentially and appropriately performed non-invasively, nondestructively, in-situ, respectively, and in-vivo for biological applications. The minimal interaction with the test objects will preserve the integrity of the object. Furthermore, time resolved analyses can provide dynamical behavior based on the transient spectroscopic features, including emission spectroscopy or pump–probe techniques, to name two examples. Third, molecular spectroscopy systems can now be made portable, operating on battery power alone, with no direct requirements for main power connection. The precise transition frequencies of measured spectral bands can be predicted from quantum mechanical modeling. Recorded data can be used both for the determination of the inherent structure of respective molecules and for the evaluation of frequencies and intensities of other spectral lines or “fingerprints” of the traget composition.

For this Special Issue, the following focus areas, among others, are invited for contribution as original experiments and theoretical research:

• Characterization of molecules of particular interest as well as the ambient pressure and temperature of its microscopic and macroscopic environment;
• Molecular transition analyses;
• Quatum physics phenomena and theoretical description;
• Rotational and vibrational spectra;
• Electronic transitions;
• The use of polychromatic or monochromatic excitation sources;
• Franck–Condon principle;
• Gravitational waves;
• Diatomic emission spectroscopy;
• Equilibrium and non-equilibrium distributions of atomic and molecular species.

Assoc. Prof. Christian G. Parigger
Assoc. Prof. Robert Splinter
Guest Editors

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