molecular Dynamics In Restricted Geometries Edited By Joseph Klafter And J. M. Drake This Investigation Of The Chemistry And Physics Of Complex Systems Focuses On The Role Of Spatial Restrictions On Molecular Movement. A Practical Source-book For Researchers In Chemical Physics, Chemical Engineering, And Condensed Matter Physics, And For Graduate Students In These Fields, It Covers A Broad Range Of Topics And Critically Evaluates Methods As They Are Employed. Among The Many Topics It Covers Are: Relaxation And Diffusion In Restricted Geometries, Excitation Energy Transfer And Photoinduced Electron Transfer Phenomena In Some Confined Systems, Electron Excitation Transport In Micelles, Polymers And Multilayers, And Electron Excitation Transport On Polymer Chains. 1989 (0 471-60176-4) 437 Pp.booknewsthe Ultimate Objective Is To Exploit The Resources Of Polymer Chemistry To Develop Materials Specially Tailored To Optimize The Nonlinear Optical Effects Which (it Is Already Clear) Will Be Basic To The Photonics Of The Future. The Effort To Reach That Objective Can Be Expected Not Only To Bring Us Closer To The Devices Of The Future, But Also To Teach Us Much Of Intrinsic Interest Concerning The Structure Of Organic Molecules And Polymers. The Authors Have Been At Pains To Serve Realistically An Interdisciplinary Readership; They Are Aware That The Optics Will Be Unfamiliar To Some Chemists, And The Chemistry To Opticians, And Want All To Be Able To Share The Excitement, And Participate Productively In The Work, Of This Threshold Field. From Every Point Of View A Very Nicely Conceived And Executed Book. (nw) Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)Starting with the basic concepts, this work surveys the field of nonlinear optics in organic materials. It examines measurements and molecular engineering, and explores the current status of the field. In the final section possible future directions for research in this area…