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HANDBOOK ON THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF RARE EARTHS, 37
Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, 37
Optical Spectroscopy
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Karl Gschneidner Jr., B.S. University of Detroit 1952 Ph.D. Iowa State University 1957, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
Jean-Claude Bünzli, Diploma in chemical engineering (EPFL, 1968) PhD in inorganic chemistry (EPFL 1971), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institute of Molecular & Biological Chemistry, Lausanne, Switzerland
Vitalij Pecharsky, B.S./M.S. L'viv State University, 1976 Ph.D. L'viv State University,, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

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Optical spectroscopy has been instrumental in the discovery of many lanthanide elements. In return, these elements have always played a prominent role in lighting devices and light conversion technologies (Auer mantles, incandescent lamps, lasers, cathode-ray and plasma displays). They are also presently used in highly sensitive luminescent bio-analyses and cell imaging. This volume of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths is entirely devoted to the photophysical properties of these elements. It is dedicated to the late Professor William T (Bill) Carnall who has pioneered the understanding of lanthanide spectra in the 1960?s and starts with a Dedication to this scientist. The following five chapters describe various aspects of lanthanide spectroscopy and its applications. Chapters 231 presents state-of-the-art theoretical calculations of lanthanide energy levels and transition intensities. It is followed by a review (Chapter 232) on both theoretical and experimental aspects of f-d transitions, a less well known field of lanthanide spectroscopy, yet very important for the design of new optical materials. Chapter 233 describes how confinement effects act on the photophysical properties of lanthanides when they are inserted into nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, nanosheets, nanowires, nanotubes, insulating and semiconductor nanocrystals. The use of lanthanide chelates for biomedical analyses is presented in Chapter 234; long lifetimes of the excited states of lanthanide ions allow the use of time-resolved spectroscopy, which leads to highly sensitive analyses devoid of background effect from the autofluorescence of the samples. The last review (Chapter 235) provides a comprehensive survey of near-infrared (NIR) emitting molecular probes and devices, spanning an all range of compounds, from simple chelates to macrocyclic complexes, heterometallic functional edifices, coordination polymers and other extended structures. Applications ranging from telecommunications to light-emitting diodes and biomedical analyses are assessed.

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Researchers working on rare earth materials, Rare earth industry, University libraries, Research institutions

Contents
Preface Contents Contents of Volumes 1-36 Index of Contents of Volumes 1-37 Dedication to Professor Bill Carnall (J. Beitz, and G. Liu) 231. Ab-initio Calculation of Energy Levels and Transition Intensities for 4fn and 4fn+1 5d Configurations (K. Ogasawara, M. Brik, and T. Ishii) 232. 4f^n - 4f^(n-1) 5d Transitions(G. Burdick, and M. Reid) 233. Spectroscopic Properties of Lanthanides in Nano-materials (G.i Liu, and X. Chen) 234. Lanthanide Chelates as Luminescent Labels in Biomedical Analyses (T. Nishioka, K. Fukui and K. Matsumoto) 235. Lanthanide Near-Infrared Luminescence in Molecular Probes and Devices (S. Comby, and J.-C. Bunzli) Author Index Subject Index

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Hardbound, 558 pages, publication date: JUL-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52144-6
ISBN-10: 0-444-52144-5
Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND

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