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Luminescence of Lanthanide Ions in Coordination Compounds and Nanomaterials.

This comprehensive book presents the theoretical principles, current applications and latest research developments in the field of luminescent lanthanide complexes; a rapidly developing area of research which is attracting increasing interest amongst the scientific community. Luminescence of Lanthan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Bettencourt-Dias, Ana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Luminescence of Lanthanide Ions in Coordination Compounds and Nanomaterials; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction to Lanthanide Ion Luminescence; 1.1 History of Lanthanide Ion Luminescence; 1.2 Electronic Configuration of the +III Oxidation State; 1.2.1 The 4f Orbitals; 1.2.2 Energy Level Term Symbols; 1.3 The Nature of the f-f Transitions; 1.3.1 Hamiltonian in Central Field Approximation and Coulomb Interactions; 1.3.2 Spin-Orbit Coupling; 1.3.3 Crystal Field or Stark Effects; 1.3.4 The Crystal Field Parameters Bkq and Symmetry; 1.3.5 Energies of Crystal Field Split Terms.
  • 1.3.6 Zeeman Effect1.3.7 Point Charge Electrostatic Model; 1.3.8 Other Methods to Estimate Crystal Field Parameters; 1.3.9 Allowed and Forbidden f-f Transitions; 1.3.10 Induced Electric Dipole Transitions and Their Intensity
  • Judd-Ofelt Theory; 1.3.11 Transition Probabilities and Branching Ratios; 1.3.12 Hypersensitive Transitions; 1.3.13 Emission Efficiency and Rate Constants; 1.4 Sensitisation Mechanism; 1.4.1 The Antenna Effect; 1.4.2 Non-Radiative Quenching; References; 2 Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Instrumentation in Luminescence Spectroscopy.
  • 2.2.1 Challenges in Design and Interpretation of Lanthanide Luminescence Experiments2.2.2 Common Luminescence Experiments; 2.2.3 Basic Design Elements and Configurations in Luminescence Spectrometers; 2.2.4 Luminescence Spectrometer Components and Characteristics; 2.2.5 Recent Advances in Luminescence Instrumentation; 2.3 Measurement of Quantum Yields of Luminescence in the Solid State and in Solution; 2.3.1 Measurement Against a Standard in Solution; 2.3.2 Measurement Against a Standard in the Solid State; 2.3.3 Absolute Measurement with an Integrating Sphere; 2.4 Excited State Lifetimes.
  • 2.4.1 Number of Coordinated Solvent MoleculesReferences; 3 Circularly Polarised Luminescence; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 General Aspects: Molecular Chirality; 3.1.2 Chiroptical Tools: from CD to CPL Spectroscopy; 3.2 Theoretical Principles; 3.2.1 General Theory; 3.2.2 CPL Intensity Calculations, Selection Rules, Luminescence Selectivity, and Spectra-Structure Relationship; 3.3 CPL Measurements; 3.3.1 Instrumentation; 3.3.2 Calibration and Standards; 3.3.3 Artifacts in CPL Measurements; 3.3.4 Proposed Instrumental Improvements to Record Eu(III)-Based CPL Signals; 3.4 Survey of CPL Applications.
  • 3.4.1 Ln(III)-Containing Systems3.4.2 Ln(III) Complexes with Achiral Ligands; 3.4.3 Ln(III) Complexes with Chiral Ligands; 3.5 Chiral Ln(III) Complexes to Probe Biologically Relevant Systems; 3.5.1 Sensing through Coordination to the Metal Centre; 3.5.2 Sensing through Coordination to the Antenna/Receptor Groups; 3.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 4 Luminescence Bioimaging with Lanthanide Complexes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Luminescence Microscopy; 4.2.1 Classical Optical Microscopy: a Short Survey; 4.2.2 Principle of Luminescence Microscopy.