Chemical Reviews 106 , 1212-1233 (2006)

Static and Dynamic Electronic Spectroscopy at Liquid Interfaces

I. Benjamin

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Scope

2. Background

2.1. Electronic Spectroscopy in the Condensed Phase

2.2. Solvation Dynamics

2.3. The Structure and Dynamics of the Neat Interface

3. Electronic Spectroscopy at Liquid Interfaces

3.1. Experimental Data

3.2. Continuum Models

3.3. Computer Simulations

4. Solvation Dynamics at Liquid Interfaces

4.1. Experimental Data

4.2. Computer Simulations

5. Conclusions and Outlook

6. Acknowledgments

7. References