TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bettencourt-Dias,Ana de
TI  - Luminescence of lanthanide ions in coordination compounds and nanomaterials
SN  - 9781118682814 (ePub)
AV  - TA418.9.N35 
U1  - 546/.41 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom
PB  - John Wiley & Sons Inc.
KW  - Nanostructured materials
KW  - Luminescence
KW  - Rare earth metals
KW  - Optical properties
KW  - Coordination compounds
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - Inorganic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Title Page; Copyright; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Lanthanide Ion Luminescence; 1.1 History of Lanthanide Ion Luminescence; 1.2 Electronic Configuration of the +III Oxidation State; 1.3 The Nature of the f-f Transitions; 1.4 Sensitisation Mechanism; Acknowledgement; Abbreviations; Chapter 2: Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Instrumentation in Luminescence Spectroscopy; 2.3 Measurement of Quantum Yields of Luminescence in the Solid State and in Solution; 2.4 Excited State Lifetimes; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3: Circularly Polarised Luminescence3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theoretical Principles; 3.3 CPL Measurements; 3.4 Survey of CPL Applications; 3.5 Chiral Ln(III) Complexes to Probe Biologically Relevant Systems; 3.6 Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4: Luminescence Bioimaging with Lanthanide Complexes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Luminescence Microscopy; 4.3 Bioimaging with Lanthanide Luminescent Probes and Bioprobes; 4.4 Conclusions and Perspectives; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 5: Two-photon Absorption of Lanthanide Complexes: from Fundamental Aspects to Biphotonic Imaging Applications5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Two-photon Absorption, a Third Nonlinear Optical Phenomenon; 5.3 Spectroscopic Evidence for the Two-photon Sensitisation of Lanthanide Luminescence; 5.4 Towards Biphotonic Microscopy Imaging; 5.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Lanthanide Ion Complexes as Chemosensors; 6.1 Photophysical Properties of LnIII Based Sensors; 6.2 Sensor Design Principles; 6.3 Interactions with DNA and Biological Systems; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 7: Upconversion of Ln3+-based Nanoparticles for Optical Bio-imaging7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Photophysical Properties of Ln3+ Ions; 7.3 Basic Principles of Upconversion; 7.4 Synthesis of Core and Core-Shell Nanoparticles; 7.5 Characterisation; 7.6 Bio-imaging; 7.7 Upconversion and Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 7.8 Conclusions and Outlook; References; Chapter 8: Direct Excitation Ln(III) Luminescence Spectroscopy to Probe the Coordination Sphere of Ln(III) Catalysts, Optical Sensors and MRI Agents; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Direct Excitation Lanthanide Luminescence; 8.3 Defining the Ln(III) Ion Coordination Sphere through Direct Eu(III) Excitation Luminescence Spectroscopy8.4 Luminescence Studies of Anion Binding in Catalysis and Sensing; 8.5 Luminescence Studies of Ln(III) MRI Contrast Agents; 8.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 9: Heterometallic Complexes Containing Lanthanides; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Properties of a Heteromultimetallic Complex; 9.3 Lanthanide Assemblies in the Solid State; 9.4 Lanthanide Assemblies in Solution; 9.5 Heterometallic Complexes Derived from Bridging and Multi-compartmental Ligands; 9.6 Energy Transfer in Assembled Systems
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118682760
ER  -