Fluorescence spectroscopy has found wide spread application in many areas of science and medicine, including physics, chemistry, biology, biochemistry, clinical medicine, cytology, immunology, hydrogeology, and environmental sciences. The book presents recent applications of and brand new developments in fluorescence spectroscopy written by experts in the field. It is an invaluable source of information for experienced spectroscopists as well as researchers from other disciplines applying fluorescence techniques and for novices entering this field.

1. New Methods in Fluorescence Spectroscopy

1. Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Where We Are and Where We're Going
2. Interactions and Kinetics of Single Molecules as Observed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
3. Fast Optical Imaging Techniques
4. Kinetic Studies on Fluorescence Probes Using Synchrotron Radiation
5. Dynamics and Geometry in Dimeric Flavoproteins from Fluorescence Relaxation Spectroscopy
6. Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Light Scattering Materials
7. Optical Sensors Based on Fluorescence Quenching
2. New Applications of Fluorometry
8. Fluorescence in Forest Decline Studies
9. Fluorescence Microscopy Studies of Structure Formation in Surfactant Monolayers
10. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Application to Ca2+ Imaging
11. Ether Phospholipids in Membranes: Applications of Phase and Steady-State Fluorometry
12. Pyrene-Labelled Lipids as Fluorescent Probes in Studies on Biomembranes and Membrane Models
13. Optical Detection of Intracellular Ion Concentrations
3. Fluorimetric Analysis
14. Analytical Applications of Very Near-IR Fluorimetry
15. Fluorescence Detection in Flow Injection Analysis
16. Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Environmental and Hydrological Sciences
4. Fluorescence Immunoassay
17. Fluorescence Polarisation Immunoassay
18. Progress in Delayed Fluorescence Immunoassay
19. Chemiluminescence Detection in Immunochemical Techniques. Applications to Environmental Monitoring
5. Fluorescence in Biomedical Sciences
20. Fluorescence Transients in Neurobiology: Applications of Voltage Sensitive and Ion Indicator Dyes
21. Optical Monitoring of Postsynaptic Potential in the Early Embryonic Avian Brain Stem Using a Voltage-Sensitive Dye.