Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy

The thirteenth meeting in a long-standing series of “Time-Resolved
Vibrational Spectroscopy” (TRVS) conferences was held May 19th to
25th at the Kardinal Döpfner Haus in Freising, Germany, organized
by the two Munich Universities - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and
Technische Universität München. This international conference
continues the illustrious tradition of the original in 1982, which
took place in Lake Placid, NY. The series of meetings was initiated
by leading, world-renowned experts in the field of ultrafast laser
spectroscopy, and is still guided by its founder, Prof. George
Atkinson (University of Arizona and Science and Technology Advisor
to the Secretary of State). In its current format, the conference
contributes to traditional areas of time resolved vibrational
spectroscopies including infrared, Raman and related laser methods.
It combines them with the most recent developments to gain new
information for research and novel technical applications. The
scientific program addressed basic science, applied research and
advancing novel commercial applications. The thirteenth conference
on Time Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy promoted science in the
areas of physics, chemistry and biology with a strong focus on
biochemistry and material science. Vibrational spectra are
molecule- and bond-specific. Thus, time-resolved vibrational
studies provide detailed structural and kinetic information about
primary dynamical processes on the picometer length scale. From
this perspective, the goal of achieving a complete understanding of
complex chemical and physical processes on the molecular level is
well pursued by the recent progress in experimental and theoretical
vibrational studies. These proceedings collect research papers
presented at the TRVS XIII in Freising, Germany