Lanthanides
Fundamentals and Applications
- 1st Edition - August 17, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Peng Cheng
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 2 5 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 2 5 1 - 5
Lanthanides: Fundamentals and Applications provides the fundamentals, new research, promising applications and future outlooks of lanthanide compounds and lanthanide-based materi… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLanthanides: Fundamentals and Applications provides the fundamentals, new research, promising applications and future outlooks of lanthanide compounds and lanthanide-based materials. The book begins with an introduction, including key concepts, oxidation states and sources, extraction and separation of the lanthanides, followed by spectroscopic and magnetic properties, and metals, crystals and compounds. Organometallic compounds, coordination compounds, molecular magnetic materials and luminescent materials are covered before a discussion of specific lanthanide applications. Spintronics, bioimaging, photoelectric materials, catalysis and nuclear applications are discussed. This comprehensive resource is ideal for researchers and students studying inorganic and materials chemistry, in both academia and industry.
- Includes comprehensive and in-depth coverage of lanthanides
- Features the most current research progress on lanthanides
- Covers a combination view of fundamental research and specific applications of the lanthanides, including spintronics, bioimaging and additives for photoelectric materials
Postgraduates and researchers in inorganic and materials chemistry, Researchers working in industry in rare earths, post graduate and senior undergraduate students in inorganic / materials chemistry
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction to the lanthanides
- Abstract
- 1.1: Key concepts in lanthanides and rare-earth element chemistry
- 1.2: REE resources
- 1.3: Extraction and separation of REEs
- 1.4: Recycling and sustainability of rare-earth resources
- References
- Chapter 2: Spectroscopic and magnetic properties of the lanthanides
- Abstract
- 2.1: Electronic structure of the lanthanides
- 2.2: Spectroscopic properties of the lanthanides
- 2.3: Magnetism of the lanthanides
- References
- Chapter 3: Lanthanide metals, crystals, and compounds
- Abstract
- 3.1: Lanthanide metals
- 3.2: Lanthanide crystals
- 3.3: Lanthanide compounds
- References
- Chapter 4: Organometallic compounds of the lanthanides
- Abstract
- 4.1: Synthesis and structure of trivalent lanthanide compounds
- 4.2: Synthesis and structure of divalent lanthanide compounds
- 4.3: Synthesis and structure of tetravalent lanthanide compounds
- 4.4: Applications in homogeneous catalysis
- References
- Chapter 5: Coordination compounds of the lanthanides
- Abstract
- 5.1: General features of lanthanide complexes
- 5.2: Coordination numbers in lanthanide complexes
- 5.3: Types of lanthanide complexes
- 5.4: Stability of lanthanide complexes
- 5.5: Kinetics and reaction mechanism of lanthanide complexes
- References
- Chapter 6: Lanthanide-based molecular magnetic materials
- Abstract
- 6.1: Magnetic coupling interactions
- 6.2: Magnetically ordered systems
- 6.3: Molecular nanomagnets
- 6.4: Molecular magnetic refrigerants
- 6.5: Multifunctional magnetic molecular materials
- References
- Chapter 7: Lanthanide-based luminescent materials
- Abstract
- 7.1: Near-infrared materials
- 7.2: Visible light materials
- 7.3: Scintillation materials
- References
- Chapter 8: Lanthanides in biosensing
- Abstract
- 8.1: Luminescent detection mechanism
- 8.2: Luminescent detection based on lanthanide complexes
- 8.3: Luminescent detection based on lanthanide metal–organic frameworks
- 8.4: Luminescent detection based on lanthanide-doped nanoparticles
- References
- Chapter 9: Lanthanides in bioimaging
- Abstract
- 9.1: Luminescence imaging
- 9.2: Magnetic resonance imaging
- 9.3: X-ray computed tomography imaging
- 9.4: Positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography imaging
- 9.5: Ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging
- References
- Chapter 10: Specific applications of the lanthanides
- Abstract
- 10.1: Spintronics
- 10.2: Additives for photoelectric materials
- 10.3: Catalysis
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 17, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 770
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128222508
- eBook ISBN: 9780128222515
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Peng Cheng
Peng Cheng obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD from Nankai University in 1985, 1991 and 1994, respectively. Subsequently, he started his academic career at the same university and was appointed a full professor in 1996. From 1997–1999 he worked at Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS as a visiting professor and at Texas A&M University as a postdoctoral research associate.
Affiliations and expertise
Cheung Kong Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, ChinaRead Lanthanides on ScienceDirect