Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds

Reflecting the growing volume of published work in this field, researchers will find this book an invaluable source of information on current methods and applications.

Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds: Techniques, Materials and Applications provides a unique source of information in an important area of chemistry.

Front matter; Contents; Preface; Raman spectroscopy of inorganic materials in art and archaeology: spectroscopic analysis of historical mysteries; Spectroscopic properties and lattice dynamics of ferroelectric and related functional oxide ceramics; Raman spectroscopy of cementitious materials; Optical spectroscopy of silicates and glasses; Optical spectroscopy of liquids in and near inorganic oxides; Simulation of spectroscopic properties of inorganic compounds using modern modelling procedures; Photoelectron spectroscopy and quantum mechanical calculations of organometallic complexes; Characterisation of photochemically formed reactive species from kinetic and thermodynamic data using UV-Vis. Laser flash photolysis, Time resolved IR and matrix isolation techniques; Gas-phase molecular structures determined by electron diffraction; Nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy; High pressure crystallography of inorganic and organometallic complexes; Structure—function relationships and mechanistic pathways in homogeneous catalysis as probed by ENDOR spectroscopy; Spectroscopic studies and reactions of corrosion products at surfaces and electrodes;