Optical spectroscopy luminescence

In this paper we will describe and discuss the metal-to-metal charge-transfer transitions as observed in optical spectroscopy. Their spectroscopic properties are of large importance with regard to photoredox processes [1-4], However, these transitions are also responsible for the color of many inorganic compounds and minerals [5, 6], for different types of processes in semiconductors [7], and for the presence or absence of certain luminescence processes [8]. 

The understanding of phosphors and solid-state luminescence has matured to the point at which relatively rational design and preparation of new light-emitting materials can be achieved. This has resulted from advances in solid-state physics and optical spectroscopy coupled to the development of new chemical synthesis techniques. This has led to the rapid development of phosphors as important industrial/technological materials. Examples of the occurrence of phosphors in everyday use include ... 

The main techniques employed for the characterization of clusters include UV/vis optical absorption, luminescence, mass spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). Single crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) has been used to determine the structures of a few clusters [17-19]. 

Most optical centers show luminescence decay times in the nanoseconds-milliseconds range. However, many other physical processes involved in optical spectroscopy are produced in the picoseconds-femtoseconds range, and mnch more complicated instrumentation becomes necessary. For instance, interband Inminescence in solids, which is of particular interest in semiconductors, can involve decay times in the range of picoseconds. Pulses generated from solid state lasers have already reached this femtosecond domain. 

The book starts with a short introduction to the fundamentals of optical spectroscopy, (Chapter 1) describing the basic standard equipment needed to measure optical spectra and the main optical magnitudes (the absorption coefficient, transmittance, reflectance, and luminescence efficiency) that can be measured with this equipment. The next two chapters (Chapters 2 and 3) are devoted to the main characteristics and the basic working principles of the general instrumentation used in optical spectroscopy. These include the light sources (lamp and lasers) used to excite the crystals, as well as the instrumentation used to detect and analyze the reflected, transmitted, scattered, or emitted light. 

Probing Metalloproteins Electronic absorption spectroscopy of copper proteins, 226, 1 electronic absorption spectroscopy of nonheme iron proteins, 226, 33 cobalt as probe and label of proteins, 226, 52 biochemical and spectroscopic probes of mercury(ii) coordination environments in proteins, 226, 71 low-temperature optical spectroscopy metalloprotein structure and dynamics, 226, 97 nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, 226, 119 nanosecond time-resolved absorption and polarization dichroism spectroscopies, 226, 147 real-time spectroscopic techniques for probing conformational dynamics of heme proteins, 226, 177 variable-temperature magnetic circular dichroism, 226, 199 linear dichroism, 226, 232 infrared spectroscopy, 226, 259 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 226, 289 infrared circular dichroism, 226, 306 Raman and resonance Raman spectroscopy, 226, 319 protein structure from ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy, 226, 374 single-crystal micro-Raman spectroscopy, 226, 397 nanosecond time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy, 226, 409 techniques for obtaining resonance Raman spectra of metalloproteins, 226, 431 Raman optical activity, 226, 470 surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering, 226, 482 luminescence... 

The excitation spectrum demonstrates that for an effective luminescence not only the presence of an emitting level is important, but also the presence of the upper levels with a sufficiently intensive absorption. The excitation spectra enable us to choose the most effective wavelength for luminescence observation. The combination of excitation and optical spectroscopies enable us to determine the full pattern of the center s excited levels, which may be crucial for luminescence center interpretation, energy migration investigation and so on. The main excitation bands and fines of luminescence in minerals are presented in Table 2.2. 

Ishii T, Ogasava K, Adachi H (2002) J Chemical Physics, 116 471-479 Jagannathan R, Kottaisamy M (1995) J Phys Condens Matter 7 8453-8457 Jastrablk L, Kudyk B, Kapphan S, Trepakov V, Pankrath R (2002) Int Conf on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter, Budapest, Hungary, Abstracts, 84 pp... 

INDIRECT STRUCTURAL METHODS Optical spectroscopy (IR, visible, UV, Raman, luminescence, LIBD)... 

Keywords Acidity Ionic liquids Luminescence Optical Spectroscopy... 

The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of how and where ionic liquids have been and are used in optical spectroscopy. Optical properties of prominent ionic liquids themselves will be presented and then their application as solvents for UV-Vis and luminescence spectroscopy will be discussed. However, special care has to be taken to ensure that the ionic liquids used are optically pure. As the optical determination of ionic liquid acidity is one of the most important applications of optical spectroscopy in and of ionic liquids, a whole chapter has been dedicated to this topic. To limit the length of this overview neither mixtures of ionic liquids nor mixtures of ionic liquids with other solvents are discussed. Available literature published until fall of 2008 has been taken into account. 

During the year a number of specialized monographs of relevance to photophysics have appeared. Two of general interest deal with applications of time resolved optical spectroscopy and luminescence techniques in chemical and biochemical analysis. ... 

V. Bruckner, K.-H.Feller, and U.-W.Grummt, Applications of Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1990. Luminescence Techniques in Chemical and Biochemical Analyses, ed. 

This work lead to an interest in the luminescence of lower symmetry chromium ammine complexes. In these complexes, the 2Eg state is split into two components by the lower symmetry ligand field. The tetragonal ligand field parameters for many of these compounds were well known or easily available from optical spectroscopy, but the splitting of the 2Eg as measured by the absorption and emission spectroscopy... 

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