
Women’s Contribution to F-element Science Part 2
- 1st Edition, Volume 66 - November 27, 2024
- Editors: Jean-Claude G. Bunzli, Susan M. Kauzlarich
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 3 0 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 3 0 3 - 5
Women’s Contribution to F-element Science, Part Two, Volume 66 highlights women researchers, recognizing and showcasing their unique contributions to the field. Topics include nano… Read more

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Request a sales quoteWomen’s Contribution to F-element Science, Part Two, Volume 66 highlights women researchers, recognizing and showcasing their unique contributions to the field. Topics include nanophosphors for near Infrared imaging and energy conversion, luminescent and upconversion nanomaterials, molecular luminescence, radiopharmaceuticals, and more. Chapters in this new release include Luminescent solar concentrators: current and future applications in smart cities, Lanthanide-Based Responsive MRI Probes, Helicate coordination complexes of rare earths and their luminescent properties, Environmental and molecular facets of uranyl(V) and uranium(V) chemistry, Versatile core/shell luminescent nanoparticles for biophotonic studies, 4f-Metal ions in single molecule magnet systems.
- Provides updates on women researchers in rare earth physics and chemistry
- Includes content surrounding nanomaterials for optical and optoelectronic applications
- Covers new materials for energy conversion
- Discusses radiopharmaceuticals
Senior undergraduates, postdoctoral fellows, researchers, and faculty in science and engineering
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 343: Lanthanide-based responsive MRI probes
- Chapter 344: Luminescent solar concentrators: Current and future applications in smart cities
- Chapter 345: 4f-Metal ions in single molecule magnet systems
- Chapter 346: Helical coordination complexes of rare earths and their luminescence properties
- Chapter 347: Molecular and environmental facets of pentavalent uranium chemistry
- Chapter 348: Luminescent rare earth nanoparticles for biophotonic studies
- Chapter 343: Lanthanide-based responsive MRI contrast agents
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Cation detection
- 3 Detection of enzymatic activities
- 4 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 344: Luminescent solar concentrators: Current and future applications in smart cities
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Lanthanide-based luminescent solar concentrators overview
- 3 Fundaments
- 4 Materials design and device fabrication
- 5 Rational design of LSCs using machine learning
- 6 Envisioning the next generation of LSCs
- 7 Conclusions and prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 345: 4f-Metal ions in single molecule magnet systems
- List of symbols and acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The great dysprosium-rush
- 3 Mono versus dinuclear compounds
- 4 Other lanthanide ions in SIMs
- 5 The radical bridging approach
- 6 3d-4f coordination clusters
- 7 Cyclic coordination clusters (CCCs)
- 8 Exotic spin structures, techniques and qubits
- 9 Conclusion and outlook
- References
- Chapter 346: Helical coordination complexes of rare earths and their luminescence properties
- Abstract
- List of symbols and abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 History of helical complexes with rare earths
- 3 Structure of complex molecules forming helical Ln complexes
- 4 N6-coordination ligands for the helical Ln complexation
- 5 Luminescence spectra of the helical Ln complexes with N6-ligands
- 6 Helicity with chirality in the N6-ligand of helical Ln complexes
- 7 Stability of structures and luminescence of the helical Ln complexes
- 8 Conclusion and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 347: Molecular and environmental facets of pentavalent uranium chemistry
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Molecular chemistry of pentavalent uranium
- 3 Pentavalent uranium and its role in biogeochemistry
- 4 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 348: Luminescent rare earth nanoparticles for biophotonic studies
- Abstract
- 1 Fundamentals of rare earth luminescence
- 2 Upconversion nanoparticles for biophotonic imaging
- 3 NIR luminescent nanoparticles for biophotonic imaging
- 4 Conclusion and perspectives
- References
- No. of pages: 322
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 66
- Published: November 27, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443313028
- eBook ISBN: 9780443313035
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Jean-Claude G. Bunzli
Jean-Claude Bünzli (he/him) is an Honorary Professor emeritus at the EPFL where he founded the Laboratory of Lanthanide Supramolecular Chemistry He earned a degree in chemical engineering in 1968 and a PhD in 1971 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). After two years at the University of British Columbia as a teaching postdoctoral fellow (photoelectron spectroscopy) and one year at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (physical organic chemistry) he was appointed in 1974 as assistant-professor at the University of Lausanne. He launched a research program on the coordination and spectroscopic properties of f-elements and was promoted to full professor of inorganic and analytical chemistry in 1980. During 2009-2013 he was also a World Class University professor at Korea University (South Korea) at the WCU Center for Next Generation Photovoltaic Devices. In 2016, he has been appointed as adjunct professor at the Haimen Institute of Science and Technology (Haimen, Jiangsu, P.R. China) which is a satellite campus of Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests deal with various aspects of luminescent lanthanide coordination and supramolecular compounds, developing luminescent bioprobes and bioconjugates for the detection of cancerous cells with time-resolved microscopy as well as luminescent materials for various photonic applications, including solar energy conversion. In 1989, he founded the European Rare Earths and Actinide Society which coordinates international conferences in the field and for which he is presently acting as president.
Affiliations and expertise
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), SwitzerlandSK
Susan M. Kauzlarich
Susan Kauzlarich (she/her) is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California Davis. She received her BS degree in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary and her PhD from Michigan State University. After a postdoctoral research position with John Corbett at Iowa State University, she joined the University of California Davis faculty. She is a world-renowned expert on Zintl phases and the synthesis and characterization of nano-materials, with interests ranging from solar photovoltaics to thermoelectrics and quantum materials. She pioneered the inclusion of rare earth and transition metal analogs of Zintl phases. Prof. Kauzlarich is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. She received the Mayer Distinguished Scholar Award from Argonne National Laboratory, the Francis P. Gavan – John M. Olin Medal, and the American Chemical Society 2022 Inorganic Chemistry Award. She received a NASA Tech Brief Award for her work on thermoelectric power generation. She has been very active in service to the profession: she currently serves as a Deputy Editor for Science Advances after 15 years as an Associate Editor for Chemistry of Materials. She has been recognized for her outstanding mentoring of STEM students, including a U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Math, and Engineering Mentoring (2008).
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University of California, DavisRead Women’s Contribution to F-element Science Part 2 on ScienceDirect