Modern Techniques for Circular Dichroism and Synchrotron Radiation Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

Abstract

The idea of producing a book series on Advances in Biomedical Spectroscopy is linked to the organisation of the First International Conference on Biomedical Spectroscopy (Cardiff, 2001) which was dedicated to the memory of late Professor Dennis Chapman FRS. He was a rare breed of scientist who did not restrict himself to one particular technique but was always on the outlook for new techniques to use in his research. He truly believed that advances in our understanding of biological processes are intricately linked with the development and application of physical techniques. He was one of the pioneers in the application of different spectroscopic methods for the analysis of biological molecules.