Spectroscopic properties of inorganic and organometallic compounds. / Volume 40

Content: 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