1. Foreword

   • Hiroshi Masuhara
   • Seiji Tobita

   Foreword Pages: 1 - 3

2. Irradiation-dependent equilibrium between open and closed form of UV absorbers of the 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine type

   • Frank Waiblinger
   • Anja P. Fluegge
   • David Leppard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 20

3. Optical and electrochemical cations recognition and release from N-azacrown carbazoles

   • Jean-Pierre Malval
   • Corinne Chaimbault
   • René Lapouyade

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 34

4. Molecular dynamics simulation of the geminate radical recombination in solution: effects of the large dipole moment of the radicals

   • Yoshinori Hirata
   • Tadashi Okada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 45

5. Benzylbenzoin benzyl ethers as new photoinitiators

   • Hideo Tomioka
   • Naoki Takase
   • Dominique Burget

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 59

6. A reduction of the high symmetry of C₆₀ in a PMMA polymer film as revealed by electroabsorption spectra

   • Nobuhiro Ohta
   • Teruyuki Tanaka
   • Iwao Yamazaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 71

7. Pico- and nano-second laser flash photolysis study on photoinduced charge separation in oligothiophene-C₆₀ dyad molecules

   • Mamoru Fujitsuka
   • Keisuke Matsumoto
   • Tetsuo Otsubo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 88

8. Effect of ion-exchanged alkali metal cations on the photolysis of 2-pentanone included within ZSM-5 zeolite cavities: a study of ab initio molecular orbital calculations

   • Hiromi Yamashita
   • Makoto Nishimura
   • Masakazu Anpo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 102

9. Theory of electron transfer reactions in blue-copper proteins

   • Sebastião J. Formosinho
   • Luis G. Arnaut

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 124

10. Excited state dynamics of Michler's ketone: a laser flash photolysis study

    • Ajay K. Singh
    • Dipak K. Palit
    • Jai P. Mittal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 136

11. Photochemical reaction intermediates of benzyl chloride in condensed phase

    • Hiroshi Hiratsuka
    • Takahiro Okamoto
    • Tetsutaro Yoshinaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 153

12. Magnetic field effects on the triplet exciplex dynamics in the duroquinone-N,N-dimethylaniline derivative systems

    • Shinya Sasaki
    • Yasuhiro Kobori
    • Shozo Tero-Kubota

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 164

13. Intermolecular complexes between sulfide radical cations from β-hydroxy sulfides and phosphate

    • Christian Schöneich
    • Brian Miller
    • Bronislaw Marciniak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 175

14. Direct observation of interfacial hole transfer from a photoexcited TiO₂ particle to an adsorbed molecule SCN^- by femtosecond diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

    • Akihiro Furube
    • Tsuyoshi Asahi
    • Masakazu Anpo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 187

15. Studies on reactivity of benzoyl and benzoylperoxy radicals produced by laser flash photolysis of dibenzoyldiazene in aerated solutions

    • Mikio Hoshino
    • Reiko Konishi
    • Hiroshi Shimamori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 204

16. Water-induced fluorescence quenching of aniline and its derivatives in aqueous solution

    • Seiji Tobita
    • Kazuaki Ida
    • Satoru Shiobara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 218