• 1. Introduction ; 2. Frenkel excitonic states in the Heitler-London approximation ; 3. The second-quantized theory of Frenkel excitons ; 4. Polaritons: excitonic states taking account of retardation ; 5. Dielectric theory of Frenkel excitons: local field effects ; 6. Biphonons and Fermi resonance in vibrational spectra of crystals ; 7. The dielectric tensor of crystals in the region of excitonic resonances ; 8. Dielectric tensor of superlattices ; 9. Excitations in organic multilayers ; 10. Cavity polaritons in organic microcavities ; 11. Charge transfer excitons ; 12. Surface excitons ; 13. Excitons in organic-based nanostructures ; 14. Mobility of Frenkel excitons ; 15. Statistics and collective properties of Frenkel excitons ; Appendix A: Diagonalization of a Hamiltonian quadratic in the Bose-amplitudes ; Appendix B: Calculations of polarization in inorganic quantum wells and in organics ; Appendix C: Microscopic quantum-mechanical calculations of the energy transfer rate ; Appendix D: Energy transfer in the planar geometry

The long-awaited revised and updated English version of a book by one of the leading authorities on the subject, previously only available in Russian.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Frenkel excitonic states in the Heitler-London approximation ; 3. The second-quantized theory of Frenkel excitons ; 4. Polaritons: excitonic states taking account of retardation ; 5. Dielectric theory of Frenkel excitons: local field effects ; 6. Biphonons and Fermi resonance in vibrational spectra of crystals ; 7. The dielectric tensor of crystals in the region of excitonic resonances ; 8. Dielectric tensor of superlattices ; 9. Excitations in organic multilayers ; 10. Cavity polaritons in organic microcavities ; 11. Charge transfer excitons ; 12. Surface excitons ; 13. Excitons in organic-based nanostructures ; 14. Mobility of Frenkel excitons ; 15. Statistics and collective properties of Frenkel excitons ; Appendix A: Diagonalization of a Hamiltonian quadratic in the Bose-amplitudes ; Appendix B: Calculations of polarization in inorganic quantum wells and in organics ; Appendix C: Microscopic quantum-mechanical calculations of the energy transfer rate ; Appendix D: Energy transfer in the planar geometry

The long-awaited revised and updated English version of a book by one of the leading authorities on the subject, previously only available in Russian.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Frenkel excitonic states in the Heitler-London approximation ; 3. The second-quantized theory of Frenkel excitons ; 4. Polaritons: excitonic states taking account of retardation ; 5. Dielectric theory of Frenkel excitons: local field effects ; 6. Biphonons and Fermi resonance in vibrational spectra of crystals ; 7. The dielectric tensor of crystals in the region of excitonic resonances ; 8. Dielectric tensor of superlattices ; 9. Excitations in organic multilayers ; 10. Cavity polaritons in organic microcavities ; 11. Charge transfer excitons ; 12. Surface excitons ; 13. Excitons in organic-based nanostructures ; 14. Mobility of Frenkel excitons ; 15. Statistics and collective properties of Frenkel excitons ; Appendix A: Diagonalization of a Hamiltonian quadratic in the Bose-amplitudes ; Appendix B: Calculations of polarization in inorganic quantum wells and in organics ; Appendix C: Microscopic quantum-mechanical calculations of the energy transfer rate ; Appendix D: Energy transfer in the planar geometry

The long-awaited revised and updated English version of a book by one of the leading authorities on the subject, previously only available in Russian.