The Rare Earths in Modern Science and Technology

Spedding Award Address.- Rare Earth Reminiscences.- Bioinorganic Chemistry.- Magnetic Resonance Studies of Metal Cation Transport Across Biological Membranes: Use of Paramagnetic Lanthanide Ions.- Inter-Lanthanide Ion Energy Transfer Distance Measurements in Biological Systems.- Gadolinium as an EPR and NMR Probe of Ca2+ Sites in Biological Systems.- Optical Activity of Mixed-Ligand Complexes of Tb(III) with Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxylic Acid and Hydroxycarboxylic Acids.- Terbium Luminescence as a Probe of Lanthanide Coordination in Solution.- A 160Tb(III) Probe of the Calcium Binding Sites of Muscle Calcium Binding Parvalbumin.- The Lanthanides as Structural Probes in Peptides.- Multinuclear NMR Study of Three Aqueous Lanthanide Shift Reagents: Complexes with EDTA and Two Macrocyclic Ligands.- Structures of Dithiophosphinate Complexes of the Lanthanides in the Solid and Solution by X-Ray Diffraction and Paramagnetic NMR.- Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry.- Recent Advances in the Low Valent Approach to f-Element Organometallic Chemistry.- Laser Photochemistry of a Uranium Compound Tailored for l0? Absorption: U(OCH3)6.- New Stoichiometric and Catalytic Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Organoactinide Chemistry.- Choosing a Coordination Number for Ln(III): 1:1, 1:2, 2:1, 3:2 and 4:3 Complexes with Crown Ethers.- A Systematic Study of the Complexation of DI- and TRI-Valent Lanthanide Ions by Macrocycles of Varying Size.- Octahedral Compounds of Lanthanides: Trimethylphosphine Oxide (tmpo) as Ligand.- Amine Complexes of Divalent Europium.- High Coordination Polyhedra of Trivalent Rare Earth Ions.- Erbium Chloride Complexation in Aqueous DMF.- Lanthanide Hexafluoroantimonate Complexes of Hexamethylphosphoramide.- Spectroscopy.- Parametrisation of the MCD-Spectra of Rare Earths: Example of Pr3+ in PVA-Matrix.- Ab-Initio Calculation of Lanthanide Crystal Field Parameters and Transition Probabilities.- On the Origin of Resonance Lines in 3d Emission Spectra of Rare Earths.- Transition Intensities for Nd3+ in Crystals.- Truncation Effects on Crystal Field Calculations for the 4f6(Eu3+) Configuration in Solids.- Study of M4,5-Level Soft X-Ray Appearance Potential Spectra of Selected Rare Earths.- The Effect of Multiplet Splitting of the 4d Levels in Rare Earth Elements on Their X-Ray Spectra.- Optical Spectra, Energy Levels, and Crystal-Field Analysis of Tripositive Rare Earth Ions in Y2O3: I. Kramers Ions in C2 Sites.- Sm2+ Activated Mixed Fluorides: Synthesis and Fluorescence.- Electric and Magnetic Dipole Strengths of f-f Transitions in Cubic Cs2NaYCl6:Ln3+ Systems.- Absorption Spectrophotometric Characterization of Sm(II), Sm(III), and Sm(II/III) Bromides and Sm(III) Oxybromide in the Solid State.- Cascade Laser Action in Tm3+:YLF.- Laser Induced Luminescence of Pr3+ in CaF2 Attributed to Different Local Site Symmetries.- Photoconductivity Due to Autoionization of Divalent Rare Earth Impurities in Crystals Having the Fluorite Structure.- The Effect of Structural Environment on the Absorption Spectra of Selected Lanthanide Sesquioxides.- The Ce3+ Tb3+ Transfer in Phosphate Host Lattices.- Laser Excited Luminescence of Tb3+, Eu3+ -Activated Ferroelectric Gadolinium Molybdate (GMO).- Luminescence of High-Pressure Phases of Eu2+ Activated Alkaline Earth Borates and Silicates.- PMR Spectroscopic Studies of Lanthanide Aminocarboxylate Complexes.- The Interaction of 1:1 and 1:2 Lanthanids-EDTA Chelates with Alkali Cations: Aqueous Relaxation Reagents for Metal Nuclide NMR.- Luminescence of L-(?)-Tryptophan in DMSO at 77 K in the Presence of Tb3+.- Hypersensitivity in the 4f?4f Absorption Spectra of Er3? and Ho3+ Complexes.- Possible Symmetries of the Coordination Sphere of Eu3+ in DMSO via a Correlation of Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) with Absorption and Emission Spectra.- Diphenyl-Phosphinyl-Morpholide (DPPM) Lanthanide Salt Adducts: Nd3+ and Eu3+ Spectra.- Adducts of Lanthanide Trifluoromethanesulfonates and Tetramethylene Sulfoxide (TMSO).- Photoreduction of Ytterbium and Samarium.- Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics.- CeN: Phase Relationships and Enthalpies of Solution.- Enthalpies of Solution and Lattice Constant Anomalies of Sm3S4 - Sm2S3 Solid Solutions.- High Temperature Phase Diagram and Enthalpies of Solution of TmSe.- Densities and Concentration of Defects in TmSe.- Preparation and Thermoelectric Properties of Some Rare Earth Chalcogenides.- Thermal Decomposition of Rare Earth Sulfate and Selenate Hydrates.- Rare Earth Oxysulfide/Oxysulfate Equilibria at 1100–1500K.- Phase Studies and Selective Oxidation in Rare Earth-Molybdenum-Oxide Systems, Ln2O3-MoO2-MoO3.- Correlation of Spectral and Heat-Capacity Schottky Contributions for Dy2O3, Er2O3 and Yb2O3.- Enthalpy of Formation of Barium Lanthanide(IV) Oxides: BaCeO3, BaPrO3, and BaTbO3.- On Mixed Crystals of Pr1?yTbyOx Grown Under High Oxygen Pressures.- A Kinetic Study of the Oxidation of Zeta Phase Praseodymium Oxide: $$\frac{{10}}{9}{\Pr _9}{0_{16}} + \frac{1}{9}{0_2} \to {\Pr _{10}}{0_{18}}$$.- Predicted Stabilities of Rare Earth Dihalides.- Vaporization and Thermodynamic Properties of Samarium Dicarbide and Nonstoichiometric Disamarium Tricarbide.- Complexity of Phase Equilibria in the MM-Co-Fe System Between 2:7 and 1:5 Stoichiometries.- Low Temperature-High Magnetic Field Heat Capacity Studies of Weakly and Nearly Ferromagnetic and Mixed Valence Rare Earth Materials.- Structural and Solid State Chemistry.- Anomalous Behavior of Cerium and Europium Ions in Ternary Molybdenum Chalcogenides (Chevrel Phases).- New Fluorides with CeIV PrIV NdIV, TbIV, and DyIV.- Ternary Halides of the Rare Earth Elements: Phases and Structures.- Investigation of the “Diadochic” Incorporation of the Rare Earth Elements in CaF2 at Elevated Temperature and Pressure.- Crystal Structures of EuMgF4, SmMgF4, and SrMgF4.- Structural Phase Transitions in Cs2NaLnCl6.- Synthesis and Crystal Data for Alkaline Earth-Lanthanide Phosphates with the Eulytite Structure.- The Crystal Structure and Stoichiometry of the Ca2+xNd8?x(SiO4)6O2?l/2x System.- Electron Beam-Induced Reduction of TbO2??: A High Resolution Electron Microscope Study.- Crystal Structure and Properties of (LaO) CuS and (LaO)Ags.- The Crystal Chemistry of the Europium Arsenides.- Crystal Structures and Phase Relationships within Ternary Systems: Rare Earth Metal-Noble Metal-Boron.- Fast Diffusion and Electrotransport of Cobalt, Iron and Nickel in ?-Yttrium.- Ternary Compounds in RE(Au,Ga)2 and RE(Ag,Ga)2 Alloys.- Magnetic Properties.- Magnetic Properties of ErM3, M = (Ni, Fe, Co).- Transport and Magnetic Properties of the Gd4(Co1?xNix)3 Series (0 ? x ? 0.2).- Structures and Magnetism of Some Polycomponent 2:7 Rare Earth-Transition Metal Systems.- Evidence for the Noncollinearity of the Magnetic Structure of Er6Mn23.- Mössbauer Investigation of the Effect of Annealing on the Ordering Temperature of Amorphous DyFe2.- Magnetization and 55Mn Hyperfine Field in RMn2 (R = Rare Earth) Intermetallic Compounds.- Magnetic Properties of Cubic and Hexagonal HoMn2.- Susceptibility Densities in the Pauli Paramagnets YNi5 and CeNi5.- Thermal Variation of Anisotropies of Cobalt in YCo5 and NdCo5 Up to 450 K.- The Magnetic Structure of Y(Mn1?xFex) 12.- Magnetic Characteristics of the Intermetallic Compounds R2Ni17?xAlx (R = Gd, Tb).- Observation of Spiral Spin Antiferromagnetic Domains in Single Crystal Terbium.- Crystal Field and Quadrupolar Effects on the Third-Order Magnetic Susceptibility.- Magnetic Properties of Some Single Crystal Rare Earth Tetraborides.- Transferred Hyperfine Interactions and Quadrupole Effects for the Diamagnetic Ions in Rare-Earth Elpasolites, Cs2NaLnCl6.- Structure-Property Interplay in the System RTiO3: R = Lanthanide (III).- Some Magnetic Properties of the System LaxGd1?xTiO3.- Zero Field Temperature Dependence of the Rare Earth Sublattice Magnetization in RTiO3; R = Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Tm.- Magnetic and Structural Properties of CeSb1?xTex Mixed Compounds.- Effects of the Non-Stoichiometry on the Transport Properties of CeSb.- Low-Temperature Behavior of DyS, DySe, HoS and HoSe.- Electrical Resistivity and Magnetic Field Effects of NdS3?xVxS4.- Faraday Rotation of Rare Earth Alkali Germenate Glasses.- Hydrides.- Using NMR to Study the Properties of Rare-Earth Materials Containing Hydrogen.- Magnetic and Structural Properties of Y6Mn23D23.- Magnetic and Structural Properties of Th6Mn23Dx and Y6Mn23Dx.- Valence Bonding, Atomic Volumes, and Coordination Numbers for Y6Mn23, Th6Mn23, and Their Hydrides.- Structure of Al, Cu and Si Substituted LaNi5 and of the Corresponding ?-Deuterides from Powder Neuton Diffraction. Localized Diffusion Mode of Hydrogen in LaNi5 and Al and Mn Substituted Compounds from Quasielastic Neutron Scattering.- Thermodynamic and Magnetic Properties of LaNi5?xFex Compounds and Their Hydrides.- Thermodynamic Properties of LaNi4M Compounds and Their Hydrides.- Hydrogen Desorption Rates in LaNi5?xAlx-H.- Purification and Analysis.- Structure-Reactivity Studies on the Extraction of Lanthanides by Dialkyl Isopropylphosphonates.- Separation of The Rare Earths and Some Polyvalent Cations on Inorganic Ion Exchangers.- Solvent Extration Behavior of Lanthanides with Di(2-Ethylhexyl)Isopropylphosphonate.- Spectrophotometric Determination of Rare Earths in Ligand Buffer Masking Systems.- Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Amounts of Copper in High-Purity Rare Earth with ?,?,?,?-Tetra-(4-trimethylammonium-phenyl)Porphine.- Rare Earth Ion Selective Electrodes: II. Europium and Praseodymium Compound Membranes.- Analysis of Rare Earth Elements in Ore Concentrate Samples using Direct Current Plasma Spectrometry.- Behavior of REE in Geological and Biological Systems.- New Applications.- Trends in Rare Earth Metal Consumption for Steel Applications in the 1980’s.- The Use of Rare Earths in Photovoltaics.- Preparing Rare Earth Silicon Iron Alloys.- Catalysis Using Rare Earth and Actinide Intermetallics Containing Fe, Co, Ni and Cu.- Electrochemical Corrosion of Lanthanum Chromite and Yttrium Chromite in Coal Slag.- Author Index.