Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths: Including Actinides, Volume 51, is a continuous series of books covering all aspects of rare earth science, including chemistry, life sciences, materials science and physics. This latest release includes chapters on the Effect of Pressure on the Interplay Between Orbital and Magnetic Ordering, Kondo Effect, Valence Fluctuation, and Superconductivity in Rare-Earth Compounds and a section on Rare-Earth: Doped Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers. 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 in the ongoing series consist of 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.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 2 2. 2 Pressure-Induced Phase Ordering in 1-2-20 Rare-Earth Compounds Under High Pressure - p. 2 3. 3 Fe-Based Rare-Earth Superconductors and Related Materials Under Pressure - p. 25 4. 4 New Interesting Phenomena in Rare-Earth Compounds Under Pressure - p. 50 5. 5 Conclusions and Perspectives - p. 98 6. Chapter 296: Rare-Earth-Doped Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers - p. 109 7. Abstract - p. 112 8. 1 Introduction - p. 112 9. 2 Transition Cross Sections of Rare-Earth Ions - p. 113 10. 3 Transition Cross Sections in Ytterbium-Doped Potassium Double Tungstates - p. 123 11. 4 Potassium Double Tungstate Epitaxial Layers - p. 129 12. 5 High-Gain Rare-Earth-Doped Waveguide Amplifier - p. 142 13. 6 Highly Efficient Rare-Earth-Doped Waveguide Lasers - p. 153 14. 7 Conclusions - p. 159 15. Acknowledgments - p. 160 16. Chapter 297: Lanthanide Macrocyclic Complexes: Structure, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Applications - p. 168 17. Abstract - p. 169 18. 1 Introduction: Basic Features of Trivalent Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry - p. 169 19. 2 In Search of Trivalent Lanthanide Ion-Selective Reagents - p. 171 20. 3 Lanthanide MRI Contrast Enhancement Agents - p. 238 21. 4 Lanthanide Artificial Nucleases - p. 248 22. 5 Concluding Remarks - p. 284 23. Acknowledgments - p. 284 24. Index - p. 301
Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths: Including Actinides, Volume 51, is a continuous series of books covering all aspects of rare earth science, including chemistry, life sciences, materials science and physics. This latest release includes chapters on the Effect of Pressure on the Interplay Between Orbital and Magnetic Ordering, Kondo Effect, Valence Fluctuation, and Superconductivity in Rare-Earth Compounds and a section on Rare-Earth: Doped Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers. 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 in the ongoing series consist of 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.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 2 2. 2 Pressure-Induced Phase Ordering in 1-2-20 Rare-Earth Compounds Under High Pressure - p. 2 3. 3 Fe-Based Rare-Earth Superconductors and Related Materials Under Pressure - p. 25 4. 4 New Interesting Phenomena in Rare-Earth Compounds Under Pressure - p. 50 5. 5 Conclusions and Perspectives - p. 98 6. Chapter 296: Rare-Earth-Doped Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers - p. 109 7. Abstract - p. 112 8. 1 Introduction - p. 112 9. 2 Transition Cross Sections of Rare-Earth Ions - p. 113 10. 3 Transition Cross Sections in Ytterbium-Doped Potassium Double Tungstates - p. 123 11. 4 Potassium Double Tungstate Epitaxial Layers - p. 129 12. 5 High-Gain Rare-Earth-Doped Waveguide Amplifier - p. 142 13. 6 Highly Efficient Rare-Earth-Doped Waveguide Lasers - p. 153 14. 7 Conclusions - p. 159 15. Acknowledgments - p. 160 16. Chapter 297: Lanthanide Macrocyclic Complexes: Structure, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Applications - p. 168 17. Abstract - p. 169 18. 1 Introduction: Basic Features of Trivalent Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry - p. 169 19. 2 In Search of Trivalent Lanthanide Ion-Selective Reagents - p. 171 20. 3 Lanthanide MRI Contrast Enhancement Agents - p. 238 21. 4 Lanthanide Artificial Nucleases - p. 248 22. 5 Concluding Remarks - p. 284 23. Acknowledgments - p. 284 24. Index - p. 301
