Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds

Professor Jack Yarwood is an emeritus professor at Sheffield Hallam University. Professor Simon Duckett is a research group leader at the University of York, UK. His group is mainly involved in the design, development and implementation of NMR methods, supported by the synthesis of inorganic and organometallic complexes. Dr Richard Douthwaite is at the University of York, UK. His main research interests include molecular and materials chemistry and photocatalysis. Both an EPSRC college member and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr DOuthwaite is also on the SCI National Materials Committee.

• 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;