The photoluminescence properties of rare-earth (lanthanide) compounds have been
fascinating researchers for decades. 1-14 An attractive feature of luminescent lanthanide …

Lanthanide ions possess fascinating optical properties and their discovery, first industrial
uses and present high technological applications are largely governed by their interaction …

In recent years, ionic liquids have attracted the attention of many chemists as a result of their
unique properties as solvents for chemical transformations. The focus of this Minireview is …

Ionic liquids are salts with a low melting point (below 100 C). 1-6 Several types of ionic
liquids are liquid at room temperature (room-temperature ionic liquids or RTILs). The cations …

An Overview of a Rapidly Expanding Area in Chemistry Exploring the future in chemical
analysis research, Ionic Liquids in Chemical Analysis focuses on materials that promise …

Chronical exposure to volatile acetone could damage to the liver and kidney or nerve, and
cause inflammation. Design of novel materials for the sensitive and selective detection of …

Photoluminescence (PL) plays an important role in our daily life as it could be applied to
bioimaging, sensing, illumination, display, etc. Inorganic-organic hybrid materials that …

Magnetic ionic liquids are room temperature ionic liquids, which have paramagnetic
properties by themselves without the need of adding magnetic particles. These …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes molecular, near infrared (NIR)-emitting
compounds containing Nd III, Er III, or Yb III and discrete molecular edifices containing other …

Ionic liquids have inherent properties, such as negligible vapor pressures in most cases,
wide liquid ranges, good thermal stabilities, considerable electric conductivities, wide …