inorganic chemistry

CONTENTS

LIST OFCONTRIBUTORS.................... ix
PREFACE......................... xi

Luminescent Lanthanide Sensors

MORGANL. CABLE,DANAJ. LEVINE,JAMESP. KIRBY,HARRYB. GRAY

and ADRIANPONCE

I. Introduction.. .................. 2
II. Effects of Ancillary Ligands... ............ 10
III. Additional Factors That Govern Complex Stability ......
IV. Looking to the Future. ................ 35
V. Conclusions..................... 38
Acknowledgments... ............... 40
References..................... 40

Photophysics of Soft and Hard Molecular Assemblies Based on

Luminescent Complexes

CRISTIANA. STRASSERT,MATTEOMAUROand LUISADECOLA

I. Introduction.. .................. 48
II. Basic Photophysics of Selected Transition Metal Complexes... 50
III. Molecular Systems Based on Aggregates of d^6 Metal Complexes. 54
IV. Molecular Systems Based on Aggregates of d^8 Metal Complexes. 73
V. Conclusions and Open Questions.. ........... 93
References..................... 94

Photochemistry and Photophysics of Metal Complexes with

Dendritic Ligands

VINCENZOBALZANI,GIACOMOBERGAMINIand PAOLACERONI

I. Dendrimers: A New Class of Ligands........... 106

II. Intrinsic Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of

Organic Dendrimers... ..............

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