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Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths

Including Actinides

1st Edition - October 31, 2016

Editors: Jean-Claude G. Bunzli, Vitalij K. Pecharsky

Hardback ISBN:

9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 8 5 1 - 9

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9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 8 5 2 - 6

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Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths: Including Actinides is a continuous series of books covering all aspects of rare earth science, including chemistry, life sciences, materials science, and physics. The book's main emphasis is on rare earth elements [Sc, Y, and the lanthanides (La through Lu], but whenever relevant, information is also included on the closely related actinide elements.

Individual chapters are comprehensive, broad, up-to-date, critical reviews written by highly experienced, invited experts. The series, which was started in 1978 by Professor Karl A. Gschneidner Jr., combines, and integrates, both the fundamentals and applications of these elements with two published volumes each year.

Preface
- Chapter 282: Systematics
- Chapter 283: The Rare Earths as Critical Materials
- Chapter 284: Theory of Rare-Earth Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy
- Chapter 285: Ab Initio Calculations on Excited States of Lanthanide Containing Materials
- Chapter 286: Magnetic Bistability in Lanthanide-Based Molecular Systems: The Role of Anisotropy and Exchange Interactions
- Chapter 287: Lanthanide Luminescence: From a Mystery to Rationalization, Understanding, and Applications
- Chapter 288: Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Antimonides
- Chapter 289: Ceria-Based Materials in Catalysis: Historical Perspective and Future Trends
- Chapter 290: Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks for Luminescent Applications
- Chapter 291: Rare Earth Coordination Chemistry in Action: Exploring the Optical and Magnetic Properties of the Lanthanides in Bioscience While Challenging Current Theories
- Chapter 292: Lanthanide Nanoparticles: Promising CandidateS for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Enhancement
- Chapter 293: Expanding the + 2 Oxidation State of the Rare-Earth Metals, Uranium, and Thorium in Molecular Complexes
- Chapter 294: Coordination Chemistry in Rare Earth Containing Ionic Liquids
Contents of Volumes 1–49
Index of Contents of Volumes 1–50
Chapter 282: Systematics
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Systematics
- 3 4f Hybridization
- 4 Epilogue
Chapter 283: The Rare Earths as Critical Materials
- Abstract
- 1 What is a Critical Material?
- 2 Resources, Supply Chains, and Life Cycles
- 3 Barriers to Rare-Earth Production
- 4 Research Efforts and Needs
- 5 Summary and Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 284: Theory of Rare-Earth Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Energy Levels
- 3 Transition Intensities
- 4 The Superposition Model
- 5 Ab Initio Calculations
- 6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 285: Ab Initio Calculations on Excited States of Lanthanide Containing Materials
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Ab Initio Methods vs Empirical Models
- 3 Wave Function Theory Methods
- 4 DFT Methods
- 5 Reducing the Gap with Experiments
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 286: Magnetic Bistability in Lanthanide-Based Molecular Systems: The Role of Anisotropy and Exchange Interactions
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Magnetic Anisotropy in Low Symmetry Coordination Environments
- 3 Exchange Interactions in Lanthanide-Based Molecular Materials
- 4 Conclusion and Outlook
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 287: Lanthanide Luminescence: From a Mystery to Rationalization, Understanding, and Applications
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Early Applications and the Discovery of Rare-Earth Elements
- 3 Understanding Rare-Earth Optical Spectra
- 4 Luminescence Sensitization and Its Modeling
- 5 A Firework of Applications
- 6 What Is Next?
Chapter 288: Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Antimonides
- Abstract
- 1 Background
- 2 Zintl Phases
- 3 Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 289: Ceria-Based Materials in Catalysis: Historical Perspective and Future Trends
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Structural Properties of Cerium Dioxide
- 3 Auto-Exhaust Catalysts
- 4 Role of Ceria–Metal Interface in Catalysis
- 5 Shape and Face Matter
- 6 Ceria in Energy Applications and Technologies
- 7 Conclusive Remarks
Chapter 290: Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks for Luminescent Applications
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Status and Advantages of Lanthanide MOFs
- 3 Lanthanide MOFs for Luminescent Sensing
- 4 Lanthanide MOFs for White-Light-Emitting Devices
- 5 Biomedical Applications of Lanthanide MOFs
- 6 Conclusion and Outlook
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 291: Rare Earth Coordination Chemistry in Action: Exploring the Optical and Magnetic Properties of the Lanthanides in Bioscience While Challenging Current Theories
- Abstract
- 1 Background: A Personal Historical Perspective
- 2 Critical Assessment of the Theoretical Background
- 3 Lanthanide Emission in Action
- 4 Lanthanide Shift and Relaxation Probes
Chapter 292: Lanthanide Nanoparticles: Promising Candidates for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Enhancement
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Gd-Based NPs for T₁-Weighted MRI Contrast Enhancement
- 3 Ln NPs for T₂-Weighted MRI Contrast Enhancement
- 4 Ln NPs for Multimode Imaging
- 5 Perspective
Chapter 293: Expanding the + 2 Oxidation State of the Rare-Earth Metals, Uranium, and Thorium in Molecular Complexes
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 3 Reduction of Dinitrogen
- 4 La^2 + and Ce^2 + Complexes
- 5 An Y²⁺ Complex
- 6 Ho^2 + and Er^2 + Complexes
- 7 Pr^2 +, Gd^2 +, Tb^2 +, and Lu^2 + Complexes
- 8 UV–Visible Spectra and DFT Analysis of Y²⁺, Pr^2 +, Gd^2 +, Tb^2 +, Ho^2 +, Er^2 +, and Lu^2 + in (Cp′₃Ln)¹⁻ Complexes
- 9 A Surprise With Dy^2 + and Nd^2 + in (Cp′₃Ln)¹⁻ Complexes
- 10 Magnetic Properties of the New Ln^2 + Ions in (Cp′₃Ln)¹⁻ Complexes
- 11 U²⁺ Complexes
- 12 Th^2 + Complexes
- 13 Reactivity of Complexes of the New Ln^2 + and An^2 + Ions
- 14 Bimetallic Rare-Earth Metal Complexes With the New Ln^2 + Ions
- 15 Earlier Literature Regarding the New Ions
- 16 Summary and Outlook
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 294: Coordination Chemistry in Rare Earth Containing Ionic Liquids
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
Index

Jean-Claude G. Bunzli

J.-C. Bünzli was educated as a physico-chemical inorganic chemist (BSc and PhD at EPFL; postdocs at UBC, Canada and ETH Zürich). He started to work on lanthanide coordination chemistry in 1975 at the University of Lausanne and was promoted full professor in 1980. In 2001 he transferred to EPFL where he founded the Laboratory of Lanthanide Supramolecular Chemistry. After studying the solvation of lanthanide ions by innovative experimental techniques, he turned to macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry, focusing on self-assembly processes. In parallel he kept interest in the relationship between luminescence and structure, developing several luminescent materials, including ionic liquids, liquid crystals, and nanoparticles. All this led to the design of rugged and sensitive luminescent bioprobes for the detection of markers expressed by cancerous cells and tissues. Lately he has expanded this aspect of his research by collaborating with several groups in Australia and China. Selected as World Class University professor at Korea University during 2009-2013, he has since been working at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, UTS (Sydney), HKBU (Hong Kong), and SUSTech (Shenzhen). He has also been invited professor at ten different universities in China, Japan, France, Belgium, and the U.K. He has been elected dean of the Faculty of Science (1990-1991) and Vice-president of the University of Lausanne (1991-1995) and as such implemented the Erasmus program in Switzerland. He also acted as expert on several review committees in China, France, Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, Finland, UK, and USA. He is the founder (1989) and president of the European Rare Earth and Actinide Society and co-editor of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths. He has published 330 WOS papers (>27 300 cites, h factor =78).

Affiliations and expertise

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Vitalij K. Pecharsky

V.K. Pecharsky received a combined BSc/MSc degree in Chemistry (1976) and a PhD degree in Inorganic Chemistry (1979) from Lviv State University (now Ivan Franko National University of Lviv) in Ukraine. He held a faculty appointment at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at Lviv State University between 1979 and 1993, after which he moved to Ames, Iowa, where he became a staff member at the U.S. Department of Energy Ames Laboratory. In 1998 he accepted a faculty position at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University, while remaining associated with Ames Laboratory. He was named an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering in 2006. He also serves as a Faculty Scientists, Field Work Project Leader, and Group Leader at Ames Laboratory. While in Lviv, V. Pecharsky was studying phase relationships and crystallography of ternary intermetallic compounds containing rare earths. After moving to Ames his research interests shifted to examining composition-structure-physical property relationship of rare-earth intermetallic compounds. Together with Karl Gschneidner, Jr., he discovered a new class of materials that exhibit the giant magnetocaloric effect in 1997, triggering worldwide interest in caloric materials and caloric cooling, which promises to become an energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional vapor-compression approach. Today his research interest include synthesis, structure, experimental thermodynamics, physical and chemical properties of intermetallic compounds containing rare-earth metals; anomalous behavior of 4f-electron systems; magnetostructural phase transformations; physical properties of ultra-pure rare earth metals; caloric materials and systems; hydrogen storage materials; mechanochemistry, mechanically induced solid-state reactions and mechanochemical transformations. He organized the 28th Rare Earth Research Conference in Ames, Iowa in 2017. He serves as co-editor of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths and senior editor of the Journal of Alloys and Compounds. He has published over 500 WOS papers (>22 600 cites, h factor = 60).

Affiliations and expertise

Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA