Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths

Optical spectroscopy has been instrumental in the discovery of many lanthanide elements. In return, the elements have always been prominent roles in lighting devices and light technologies (Auer mantles, incandescent lamps, lasers, cathode ray and plasma displays). They are also present in highly sensitive luminescent bio-analytes and cell imaging. This volume of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths is completely 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 provide details 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 review (Chapter 232) on a theoretical and experimental aspects. Chapter 233 manifest how to interact with 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 lullabies, which leads to highly sensitive analysies. The last review (Chapter 235) provides a comprehensive survey of near-infrared (NIR) emitting molecular probes and devices, spanning an array of compounds, heterometallic functional edifices, coordination polymers and other extended structures. Applications ranging from telecommunications are light-emitting diodes and biomedical analytes are assessed.

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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 (Gi Liu, and X. Chen)
234. Lanthanide Chelates as Luminescent Labels in Biomedical Analyzes (T. Nishioka, K. Fukui and K. Matsumoto)
235. Lanthanide Near-Infrared Luminescence in Molecular Probes and Devices (S. Comby, and J.-C. Bünzli)
Author Index
Subject Index