Spectroscopy of Emerging Materials: Proceedings of the NATO ARW on Frontiers in Spectroscopy of Emergent Materials: Recent Advances toward New Technologies, ... II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

A comprehensive discussion of the key role of modern spectroscopic investigations in interdisciplinary materials science and engineering, covering emerging materials that are either absolutely novel or well-known materials with recently discovered, exciting properties. The types of spectroscopy discussed include optical, electronic and magnetic, UV-visible absorption, Rayleigh scattering, photoluminescence, vibrational, magnetic resonance, electron energy loss, EXAFS, XANES, optical tomography, time-resolved spectroscopy, and point contact spectroscopy. The materials studied are highly topical, with a focus on carbon and silicon nanomaterials including nanotubes, fullerenes, nanoclusters, metallic superconducting phases, molecular materials, magnetic and charge-stripe oxides, and biomaterials. Theoretical treatments are presented of molecular vibrational dynamics, vibration-induced decay of electronic excited states, nanoscale spin-orbit coupling in 2D Si-based structures, and the growth of semiconductor clusters. Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 Probing works of art with photons and charged particles,......Page 14 Applications of X-Ray absorption spectroscopy in materials science,......Page 28 Structural studies of bio- and related materials using synchrotron radiation......Page 44 Advances in spectroscopy of subthreshold inelastic radiation-induced processes in cryocrystals......Page 58 Progress on electron energy loss spectroscopy of nanomaterials,......Page 70 Photoelectrons spectroscopy of organized organic thin films,......Page 82 Growth of silicon nanoclusters......Page 96 Progress in light emission from silicon nanostructures,......Page 110 Nanoscale random spin-orbit coupling in low-dimensional structures......Page 128 Raman and SERS studies of carbon nanotubes......Page 140 Noncovalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes for biological application: Raman and NIR absorption spectroscopy......Page 152 Peculiarities for luminescence in systems with fullerene C60-water interface......Page 164 Photoluminescence and structure of fullerite C60 intercalated with hedium......Page 174 Influence of static and microwave magnetic fields on photogeneration of free charge carriers in donor-acceptor complex TBPDA•(C60)2,......Page 180 Light scattering of magnets in the proximity to quantum criticality......Page 186 Giant phonon softening in ferromagnetic LaMnO3+......Page 198 Raman studies of single and polycrystalline cobaltatites GdBaCo2O5+δ with δ close to 0.5......Page 208 onons and magnons in La5/3Sr1/3NiO4, single crystal......Page 218 High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of low-dimensional magnetic oxides......Page 228 Magnetic resonance in low doped Cu1-xMxGeO3 with different type of 3D AFM ordering......Page 242 High-field ESR spectroscopy of low-dimensional quantum spin systems......Page 252 Metal-organic complexes of Cu(II)......Page 264 Solid-state NMR studies of novel porous solids......Page 274 Point-contact spectroscopy of two-band superconductor MgB2, I.K......Page 286 Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues......Page 312 Transport, magnetic and optical properties of a quasi-two-dimensional organic metal based on BEDO-TTF (bis-(ethylenedioxy)......Page 322 Spectral and electrophysical properties of anion-radical salts of TCNQ and methyl-TCNQ with N-alkylpirazinium cations......Page 332 New development of impedance spectroscopy......Page 344 The vibration-induced excited state decay......Page 364 Advances in time-resolved spectroscopy......Page 376 Development of tomography using femtosecond infrared laser......Page 408 Author Index......Page 420 List of Contributors......Page 424