Photophysics of Organic Molecules in Solution Introduction Electronic States Radiative Transitions Nonradiative Transitions Excited State Kinetics Acknowledgments Bibliography Transition Metal Complexes Electronic Structure Types of Excited States and Electronic Transitions Absorption and Emission Bands Jablonski Diagram Photochemical Reactivity Electrochemical Behavior Polynuclear Metal Complexes Photophysical Properties of Organic Compounds Photophysics of Organic Molecules in Solution Triplet-State Energies: Ordered Flash Photolysis: Designing Experiments Low-Temperature Photophysics of Organic Molecules Absorption and Luminescence Spectra of Organic Compounds ESR and ODMR Parameters of the Triplet State Photophysical Properties of Transition Metal Complexes Photophysical Parameters Absorption and Emission Spectra Abbreviations Rate Constants of Excited-State Quenching Ionization Energies, Electron Affinities, and Reduction Potentials Ionization Energies and Electron Affinities Reduction Potentials Bond Dissociation Energies Solvent Properties Donor Number Luminescence Spectroscopy Measurements Correction of Luminescence Intensity Measurements in Solution Fluorescence Quantum Yield Standards Phosphorescence Quantum Yield Standards Luminescence Lifetime Standards Light Sources and Filters Spectral Distribution of Photochemical Sources Transmission Characteristics of Light Filters and Glasses Chemical Actinometry Ferrioxalate Actinometer Photochromic Actinometers Reinecke's Salt Actinometer Uranyl Oxalate Actinometer Other Actinometers Miscellaneous Spin-Orbit Coupling Hammett ? Constants Fundamental Constants and Conversion Factors Index *References included in each chapter