Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Dr. J.R. Lakowicz is Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Dr. Lakowicz has published over 400 scientific articles, has edited numerous books, holds 16 issued patents, and is the sole author of the widely used text, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, also published by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, now in its Second Edition.

• Emerging Biomedical Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy.- Principles of Fluorescent Probe Design for Ion Recognition.- Fluorescent Chemosensors for Cations, Anions, and Neutral Analytes.- Design and Applications of Highly Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes.- Fluorescence Probes Based on Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT) States and Other Adiabatic Photoreactions.- Red and Near-Infrared Fluorometry.- Near-Infrared Fluorescence Probes.- Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Turbid Media and Tissues.- Real-Time Chemical Sensing Employing Luminescence Techniques.- Lifetime-Based Sensing.- Fiber Optic Fluorescence Thermometry.- Instrumentation for Red/Near-Infrared Fluorescence.- Application of Fluorescence Sensing to Bioreactors.- Principles of Fluorescence Immunoassay.

From reviews of previous volumes: 'The [editor] has mastered a commendable task; the topics appear to be well covered, and the volumes will enhance the collection of the fluorescence spectroscopist.' Applied Spectroscopy 'Indispensable for researchers in the life sciences, should also be consulted by analytical chemists.' Trends in Analytical Chemistry