Energy Transfer Dynamics in Biomaterial Systems

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chemical physics Series Editors: A. W. Castleman, Jr. J. P. Toennies K. Yamanouchi W. Zinth The purpose of this series is to provide comprehensive up-to-date monographs in both well established disciplines and emerging research areas within the broad f ields of chemical physics and physical chemistry. The books deal with both fundamental science and applications, and may have either a theoretical or an experimental emphasis. They are aimed primarily at researchers and graduate students in chemical physics and related f ields.

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Irene Burghardt Volkhard May David A. Micha Eric R. Bittner (Eds.)

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Irene Burghardt

Volkhard May

Ecole Normale Supérieure Département de Chimie 24 rue Lhomond 75231 Paris Cédex 05, France E-Mail: [email protected]

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Physik AG Halbleitertheorie Newtonstrasse 15 12489 Berlin, Germany E-Mail: [email protected]

David A. Micha University of Florida Departments of Chemistry and of Physics 2318 New Physics Building P.O. Box 11843 Gainesville, FL 32606, USA E-Mail: [email protected]

Eric R. Bittner University of Houston Department of Chemistry 136 Fleming Building Houston, TX 77204, USA E-Mail: [email protected]

Series Editors:

Professor A.W. Castleman, Jr. Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University 152 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Professor J.P. Toennies Max-Planck-Institut f¨ur Str¨omungsforschung Bunsenstrasse 10, 37073 G¨ottingen, Germany

Professor K. Yamanouchi University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry Hongo 7-3-1, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan

Professor W. Zinth Universit¨at M¨unchen, Institut f¨ur Medizinische Optik ¨ Ottingerstr. 67, 80538 M¨unchen, Germany

ISSN 0172-6218 ISBN 978-3-642-02305-7 e-ISBN 978-3-642-02306-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02306-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009934514 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover motif: Clare College (Cambridge, England