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• 1. Engineers of the Invisible: Making molecules
• 2. Vital Signs: The molecules of life
• 3. Take the Strain: Materials from molecules
• 4. The Burning Issue: Molecules and energy
• 5. Good Little Movers: Molecular motors
• 6. Delivering the Message: Molecular communication
• 7. The Chemical Computer: Molecular informatoin
• Notes and Further Reading.
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The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us - how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multi-celled Mozart, what makes spider's silk insoluble in the morning dew, and how this molecular dynamism is being captured in the laboratory, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the century. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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• Obituary.List of Contributors.Single Molecule Detection in Liquids and on Surfaces under Ambient Conditions: Introduction and Historical Overview. Theoretical Foundations of Single Molecule Detection in Solution. Conceptual Basis of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy and Related Techniques as Tools in Bioscience. Surface--enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
• A Tool for Single Molecule Detection in Solution. Single Molecule Detection on Surfaces with the Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope. Spectroscopy of Individual Photosynthetic Pigment--Protein Complexes. Single--Molecule Identification in Solution: Principles and Applications. Studying Molecular Motors on the Single Molecule Level. The Chemistry of a Single Enzyme Molecule. Single Molecule Detection of Specific Nucleic Acid Sequences. Single Molecule Detection in the Near--infrared.Name Index.Subject Index.
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The detection of single molecules opens up new horizons in analytical chemistry, biology and medicine. This discipline, which belongs to the expanding field of nanoscience, has been rapidly emerging over the last ten years. This handbook provides a thorough overview of the field. It begins with basics of single molecule detection in solution, describes methods and devices (fluorescense correlation spectroscopy, surface enhanced Raman scattering, sensors, especially dyes, screening techniques, especially confocal laser scanning microscopy). In the second part, various applications in life sciences and medicine provide the latest research results. This modern handbook is a highly accessible reference for a broad community from advanced researchers, specialists and company professionals in physics, spectroscopy, biotechnology, analytical chemistry, and medicine. Written by leading authorities in the field, it is timely and fills a gap - up to now there exists no handbook concerning this theme.
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• v. 1. General introduction to molecular sciences
• v. 2. Physical apsects of molecular systems
• v. 3. Electronic structure and chemical reactivity
• v. 4. Molecular phenomena in biological sciences

• Other Methods of Dipole Moment DeterminationExamples;
• Chapter 3: Molecular Dipole Moments; Ionic Character of Diatomic Molecules; Other Ionic Molecules; Vector Character of Dipole Moments; Group Moments and Molecular Structure; Intramolecular Rotation; Examples;
• Chapter 4: The Limitations and Extensions of the Simple (Debye) Treatment of the Molar Polarization; Publisher Summary; The Dipole Concentration; The Onsager Equation; Water and Hydrogen-bonded Liquids; Examples;
• Chapter 5: Dielectric Dispersion and Molecular Behaviour; Publisher Summary; Phase Angle and Dielectric Loss

• The Pellat-Debye EquationsExperimental Study of Dielectric Absorption; Water; Polar Solutes in Non-polar Solvents; Organic Solids; Ionic and Polar Solids; Examples;
• Chapter 6: Aspects of Molecular Polarizability; Light Scattering; Light Scattering and the Molecular Weight of Solutes; Measurement of Light Scattering by Solutions; Dissymmetric Light Scattering and Molecular Shape; Depolarization of Scattered Light; Anisotropy of the Polarizability; The Kerr Effect; The Data and Interpretation of Molecular Anisotropy; Polarizability and Optical Activity; The Helical Model; The Raman Effect

Examples; Chapter 7: Electric Forces Between Molecules; Publisher Summary; Ion-Ion; Ion-Dipole; Two Rigid Dipoles; Induced Dipole; Ion-Induced Dipole; Dipole-Induced Dipole; Dispersion (or London) Energy; Quadrupole Moments; Repulsion Energy; Intermolecular Interaction Energies; Dipole Interactions; Ionic Interaction Energies; Examples; Numerical Answers to Examples; Index
Some Electrical and Optical Aspects of Molecular Behaviour.