Fluorescence Spectroscopy: New Methods and Applications

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.