Luminescence of Lanthanide Ions in Coordination Compounds and Nanomaterials

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781119950837
• eBook ISBN: 9781118682814
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Inorganic Chemistry

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 Lanthanide Ions in Coordination Compounds and Nanomaterials begins with an introduction to the basic theoretical and practical aspects of lanthanide ion luminescence, and the spectroscopic techniques used to evaluate the efficiency of luminescence. Subsequent chapters introduce a variety of different applications including:

• Circularly polarized luminescence
• Luminescence bioimaging with lanthanide complexes
• Two-photon absorption of lanthanide complexes
• Chemosensors
• Upconversion luminescence
• Excitation spectroscopy
• Heterometallic complexes containing lanthanides

Each chapter presents a detailed introduction to the application, followed by a description of experimental techniques specific to the area and an extensive review of recent literature.

This book is a valuable introduction to the literature for scientists new to the field, as well as providing the more experienced researcher with a comprehensive resource covering the most relevant information in the field; a 'one stop shop' for all key references.

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Introduction to Lanthanide Ion Luminescence

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias

Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, USA

1.1 History of Lanthanide Ion Luminescence

After the isolation of a sample of yttrium oxide from a new mineral by Johan Gadolin in 1794, several of the lanthanides, namely praseodymium and neodymium, as well as cerium, lanthanum, terbium and erbium were isolated in different degrees of purity [1]. It was only after Kirchhoff and Bunsen introduced the spectroscope in 1859 as a means of characterising elements that the remaining lanthanides were discovered and the already known ones could be obtained in pure form [2]. Spark spectroscopy provided the means to finally isolate in pure form the remaining lanthanides [3–5]. As will be discussed below, the 4f valence orbitals are buried within the core of the ions, shielded from the coordination environment by the filled 5s and 5p orbitals, and do not experience significant coupling with the ligands. Therefore, the electronic levels of the ions can be described in an analogous way to the atomic electronic levels with a Hamiltonian in central field approximation w...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction to Lanthanide Ion Luminescence
• Chapter 2: Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation
• Chapter 3: Circularly Polarised Luminescence
• Chapter 4: Luminescence Bioimaging with Lanthanide Complexes
• Chapter 5: Two-photon Absorption of Lanthanide Complexes: from Fundamental Aspects to Biphotonic Imaging Applications
• Chapter 6: Lanthanide Ion Complexes as Chemosensors
• Chapter 7: Upconversion of Ln3+-based Nanoparticles for Optical Bio-imaging
• Chapter 8: Direct Excitation Ln(III) Luminescence Spectroscopy to Probe the Coordination Sphere of Ln(III) Catalysts, Optical Sensors and MRI Agents
• Chapter 9: Heterometallic Complexes Containing Lanthanides
• Index
• End User License Agreement