Stilbenes

PrefaceSTILBENES PREPARATION AND ANALYSISGeneralClassical Methods and Their DevelopmentMiscellaneous Chemical Methods of Stilbene SynthesisPhysically Promoted ReactionsSynthesis of Stilbene DendrimersStilbene Cyclodextrin DerivativesStilbenes on TemplatesStilbenes AnalysisSTILBENE CHEMICAL REACTIONSHalogenation of StilbenesOxidation of StilbenesStilbene ReductionOther ReactionsStilbenes in PolymerizationComplexationSTILBENE PHOTOPHYSICSGeneralStilbene Excited StatesAbsorption SpectraFluorescence from Excited Singlet StatesInteractions Involving Triplet State and PhosphorescenceFluorescence of Excimers and EcxiplexesEnergy TransferIntramolecular Charge TransferSTILBENE PHOTOISOMERIZATIONGeneralMechanisms of PhotoisomerizationEffect of Substituents and PolarityViscosity EffectMiscellaneous Experimental Data on PhotoisomerizationMISCELLANEOUS STILBENE PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONSPhotocyclizationBimolecular ReactionsPhotoreactions in Stilbene DendrimersReactions in Polymers and Other MatricesReaction Using Two-Photon ExcitationCharge Transfer IonizationSTILBENE MATERIALSStilbene LasersElectro-Optic MaterialsElectrophotographic MaterialLight-Emitting DiodesMaterials for Nonlinear OpticsLight-Emitting MaterialsMaterials for Image-Forming ApparatusesRadioluminescence Materials: ScintillatorsMiscellaneousBIOACTIVE STILBENESResveratrolCombretastatin and Its AnaloguesPterostilbenePRECLINIC EFFECTS OF STILBENESResveratrolCompretastatinPterostilbeneSTILBENES IN CLINICSGeneraltrans-ResveratrolCombretastatinOther StilbenoidsSTILBENES AS MOLECULAR PROBESGeneralTheoretical GroundsExperimental Methods and Their ApplicationsMODERN METHODS OF STILBENE INVESTIGATIONSGeneralNanosecond Transient Absorption SpectroscopyFemtosecond Broadband Pump-Probe SpectroscopyFluorescence Picosecond Time-Resolved Single Photon CountingThe Fluorescence Upconversion SpectroscopyFemtosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence Depletion SpectroscopyHigh-Speed Asynchronous Optical SamplingMultiphoton

Gertz I. Likhtenshtein received his PhD and his doctor of science from the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow, where he was appointed tot he position of Head of Laboratory of Chemical Physics of Enzyme Catalysis in 1965, becoming a professor in 1976.In 1992 he moved to the Department of Chemistry at the Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Israel, as a full professor in charge of the Laboratory of Chemical Biophysics and has been an emeritus since 2003. He has authored nine scientific books and around 380 papers, and his many awards include the Medal of the Exhibition of Economic Achievement, the Diploma of Discovery, the USSR State Prize, the V.V. Voevodsky International Price for Chemical Physics and the Diploma of the Israel Chemical Society. Professor Likhtenshtein is a member of the International ESR Society, the American Biophysical Society, the Israel Chemical Society and the Israel ESR Society.His main scientific interests focus on mechanisms of light energy conversion and novel methods of immunoassay, nitroxides and antioxidants analysis.

"To recapitulate, it's a brilliant book, which anyone who cares about research or study of stilbenes needs to read. That's most of us -- scientists working on chemistry, physics, and biology of stilbenes and related areas such as optical materials and devices production, molecular biophysics, plant biochemistry, biomedicine, and pharmacology". (Current Engineering Practice, 1 November 2010) “This book covers several aspects of stilbenes -- their chemical reactions, photochemistry and applications in industry and biomedicine." (Chemistry World, May 2010)

"To recapitulate, it s a brilliant book, which anyone who cares about research or study of stilbenes needs to read. That s most of us -- scientists working on chemistry, physics, and biology of stilbenes and related areas such as optical materials and devices production, molecular biophysics, plant biochemistry, biomedicine, and pharmacology". (Current Engineering Practice, 1 November 2010)

"This book covers several aspects of stilbenes - their chemical reactions, photochemistry and applications in industry and biomedicine." ( Chemistry World , May 2010)