photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena contains reviews and a large numberof selected contributed papers reporting progress in the application of new photoacoustic and photo- thermal techniques in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and materials science. Theoretical and experimental work is presented on spectroscopy, kinetics and relaxation, trace analysis, mass and heat transport, surfaces and thin films, nondestructive evaluation,ultrasonics and semiconductors.

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Spectroscopy.- Thermal Wave Spectroscopies - Where Do They Win?.- Fourier Transform Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Solids.- Photoacoustic X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy.- X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Thin Films with a Pyroelectric Thermal Wave Detector.- Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Organic Solids Using Synchrotron Radiation as a Light Source.- Simultaneous Detection of Photoacoustic and Fluorescence Signals by X-Ray Excitation.- Study of the Photoacoustic Signal of Transparent Double-Layer Polymer Films Using FTIR.- Photopyroelectric Spectroscopy (P 2ES) of Electronic Defect Centers in Crystalline n-CdS.- Characterization of n-CdS/Polysulfide Photoelectrochemical Cells via Photothermal Deflection and Photoaction Spectroscopies.- Photoacoustic Detection of Light-Shifts in Molecules.- Spectroscopic Parameters of the DODCI Photoisomer from Laser-Induced Optoacoustic Spectroscopy.- Step-and-Integrate Interferometry in the Mid-Infrared with Photothermal Beam Deflection and Sample-Gas-Microphone Detection.- Photoacoustic UV Spectra of Some Environmental Chemicals with Low Volatility Adsorbed on SiO2 and Al2O3 Powders.- Photopyroelectric Spectroscopy of Water in the Near Infrared.- Chalcopyrite Semiconductors - A PAS Study.- Optical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals by Photoacoustics.- High Accuracy Measurements of Reflectivity of Laser Mirrors by a Novel Photoacoustic Technique.- Kinetics and Relaxation.- Optoacoustic Measurement of Isotope Effects in the H2-Cl2 Reaction.- Measurement of the Reaction Rate of BrNO + Br ?Br2 + NO by the Thermal Lens Method.- Determination of Dynamic Properties of the System N2O4 = 2NO2 by Photoacoustic Resonance Spectroscopy.- Study of Intracavity Absorption and Laser Behaviour by Photoacoustic Resonance Spectroscopy.- Studies of Vibrational Relaxation of Silane and Its Fluorine Derivatives by a Time Resolved Photoacoustic Technique.- A Time-Resolved Thermal-Lensing Investigation of Photosensitization of Singlet Oxygen.- The Thermal Lens Applied to Photoacoustics.- Optical Detection of the Pulsed Photoacoustic Signal Combined with Thermal Lens Measurement: A Powerful New Tool for Radiationless Relaxation Studies.- Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Optoacoustic Spectroscopy.- Photoacoustic Investigation of Energy Transfer in Adsorbed Layers.- Photothermal Investigation of In Vitro Photochemistry of Psoralens.- Trace Analysis.- Atmospheric Trace Gas Monitoring by Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy.- CO-Laser Photoacoustic System for IR Spectroscopy of Gases and Vapors.- On-Line Monitoring of Air Pollutants with a Mobile Computer-Controlled CO2 Laser Photoacoustic System.- Trace Analysis of Freons by Optoacoustic CO2 Laser Detection.- Infrared Lasers for Optoacoustic Detection of Vapours.- Photoacoustic Detection of Formaldehyde as a Minority Component in Gas Mixtures.- Laser-Induced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy for the Speciation of Actinides in Submicromol Concentrations.- CO2 Laser Based N2O Photoacoustic Monitor.- Photoacoustic Monitoring of the Time Course of Ammonia Formation During the Spoilage of Inoculated Beef at Room Temperature.- Ethylene Exhalation of a Single Flower Detected by Photoacoustic Methods.- Detection of Ultrafine Particles in Liquids Using a Breakdown Acoustic Effect.- Optothermal Stabilization of a CO2 Waveguide Pump Laser.- Surfaces and Thin Films.- Photoacoustic Studies of Surface Plasmons in Metallic Microstructures.- Nanosecond Photoacoustic Studies of UV Laser Ablation of Polymers and Biological Materials.- Pressure and Velocity Profiles Generated by Laser-Heated Spherical Droplets.- Surface Temperature and Thin Film Investigations by Pulsed Laser Photothermal Displacement Spectroscopy.- Laser Energy Deposition at Sapphire Surfaces Studied by Pulsed Photothermal Deformation.- Adsorption-Desorption at a Solid Surface Detected by the Mirage Effect.- Detection of Adsorbed Gases by Mass Diffusion Waves.- Photoacoustic Analysis of Liquid Surface Films on Liquids.- Transient Thermoreflectance of Thin Metal Films in the Picosecond Regime.- Energy Transfer from Energetic Ions to Thin Films Using a Pyroelectric Calorimeter.- Simultaneous Photoacoustic and Photoelectrochemical Study of a TiO2 Thin-Film Semiconductor Electrode.- Weak Absorbance Measurement of Optical Thin Films Using the Laser Photothermal Deflection Technique.- Standing Light Waves Investigated by Photothermal Spectroscopy.- The Reverse Mirage Effect: Catching the Thermal Wave at the Solid-Liquid Interface.- Photothermal Investigations on Small Silver Particles.- Separation of Plasmon Polariton Modes in Small Metal Particles.- Probe-Beam Deflection Measurement of Photothermal Desorption of Moisture Adsorbed on Gold or Silicon in Atmospheric Conditions.- Applications to Semiconductors.- Theory of Bulk and Near Surface Effects on the Modulated Optical Reflectance in Silicon.- Detection of Stable and Metastable Interface States in Silicon with Modulated Optical Reflectance.- Study of Photoacoustic Spectra of Amorphous Semiconductor Superlattice Films.- Transducer-Less SEAM of III-V Compound Semiconductors.- Time and Spatially Resolved Investigation of Transport in Semiconductors by the Mirage Effect.- Thermal and Optical Characterization of Thin Films by Mirage Detection.- Power Dissipation Mechanisms in Photovoltaic Cells.- Characterization of the Photoacoustic Optical and Thermal Properties of Ion-Implanted Si and GaAs Layers.- Influence of Surface Photovoltage on PZT-PAS Detection with Semiconductor Samples.- The Influence of Illumination on Photoacoustic Signals in Semiconductors.- Evolution of the Electron Acoustic Signal as a Function of Doping Level in III-V Compound Semiconductors.- Fourier Transform Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy of Impurity Centres in CdS Films: Doping and Annealing Effects.- Ultrasonic Detection and Characterization.- High Frequency Phonons on Surfaces and in Periodic Structures.- Acoustic Microscopy - State of the Art and Recent Developments.- Interferometric Detection of Ultrasound at Rough Surfaces Using Optical Phase Conjugation.- Interaction of a Photoacoustic SAW Pulse with Grain Structure in Solids.- Anomalous Photoacoustic Behavior of Semiconductors: Evidence for Thermally Generated Surface Deformations.- Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Broadband Thermoelastically Generated Ultrasonic Pulses.- Light Enhanced Ion-Acoustic Signal Generation in Si and GaAs.- Detector Strategy for Highly Versatile Scanning Electron Acoustic Microscopy (SEAM).- Anisotropy in Thermoacoustic Imaging of Single Crystals.- Sound Velocity Measurement of Chemical Solutions Using the Pulsed Photoacoustic Deflection Technique.- Mass and Heat Transfer.- Heat Diffusion and Fractals: Heterogeneous Media and Rough Surfaces.- Thermal Properties and Photoacoustic Signals of Rough and Porous Opaque Solids - Statistical Geometrical Model Considerations.- The Effect of Grain Size on the Photoacoustic Signal from Small Particles.- The Importance of an Adsorbed Liquid Layer for the Enhancement of Photoacoustic Signals.- Detection of Water Permeation with the Photoacoustic Effect.- Effect of Diffusive and Convective Transport of Mass on the Photoacoustic Effect of Binary Mixtures of Liquids.- Diffusion Waves: Analogy to Thermal Waves.- Influence of Flowing Gases on the Amplitude of Gas-Microphone-Detected Photoacoustic Signals from Porous and Non-Porous Solids.- Investigation of Anisotropic Thermal Diffusivity Using the …