title: Photothermal beam deflection calorimetry in solution photochemistry: recent progress and future prospects.
abstract: Photothermal beam deflection (PBD) calorimetry is a technique that measures changes in the solvent's refractive index that accompanies photothermal heating. This method is capable of extracting both kinetic and thermodynamic information from photochemical reactions. A qualitative description of physical basis of time-resolved PBD is presented. Several recent examples of its application to photochemical and photobiological problems are discussed. Finally, the advantages and limitations of PBD are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park 20742-2021, USA. df37@umail.umd.edu
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Falvey
mesh_terms: D002151:Calorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D005544:Forecasting; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000639:trends*; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions