Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths [Hardcover]

This continuing authoritative series deals with the chemistry, materials science, physics and technology of the rare earth elements in an integrated manner. Each chapter is a comprehensive, up-to-date, critical review of a particular segment of the field. The work offers the researcher and graduate student a complete and thorough coverage of this fascinating field.

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244. Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Lanthanides (Ch.G?rller-Walrand and L. Fluyt); 245. Cluster Compounds of Rare-Earth Elements (Z. Zheng); 246. Molecular Chemistry of the Rare- Earth Elements in Uncommon Low-Valent States (F. Nief); 247. Self-assembled Lanthanide Helicates: From Basic Thermodynamics to Applications (C. Piguet and J.-C. G. B?nzli)

This volume of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earth adds four chapters to the series which focus on stunning compounds and unusual spectroscopic methods, describing a mix of experimental and theoretical data. It opens with a review (Chapter 244) on magnetic circular dichroism (MCD), a very informative spectroscopy, although not yet widespread. The following chapters illustrate the state of the art in subjects as varied as molecular lanthanide clusters, the synthesis of which still relies on random self-organization (Chapter 245), low-valence organometallic compounds which were long thought to be too unstable to be isolated (Chapter 246), and lanthanide and actinide polynuclear helicates in which organic ligand strands wrap helically by self-assembly around metal centers (Chapter 247). Each chapter also discusses present and potential applications of the technique or compounds reviewed.

Gschneidner has published over 485 journal articles and chapters in books and edited or written 40 books on the chemistry, materials science, and physics or rare earth materialsl3+