Interested

• spectroscopy
• optical spectroscopy
• absorption spectroscopy
• lanthanide ions
• optical absorption spectroscopy
• f d transitions
• general chemistry
• divalent lanthanide
• materials
• luminescence

Scientific discipline

• chemical sciences

Latest publications

• Low symmetry aspects in electron magnetic resonance (EMR) and optical spectroscopy of coordination compounds of transition ions: Crucial notions and issues, literature survey and database
• Understanding the effect of structural changes on slow magnetic relaxation in mononuclear octahedral copper(II) complexes
• [NH₂CHNH₂]₃Sb₂I₉ : a lead-free and low-toxicity organic–inorganic hybrid ferroelectric based on antimony(III) as a potential semiconducting absorber.
• Lead-free hybrid ferroelectric material based on formamidine: [NH₂CHNH₂]₃Bi₂I₉.
• (C₃N₂H₅)₃Sb₂I₉ and (C₃N₂H₅)₃Bi₂I₉: ferroelastic lead-free hybrid perovskite-like materials as potential semiconducting absorbers.
• 1,2,4-Triazolyl-4-acetate: a ditopic ligand combining soft and hard donor sites in homometallic (Ag^I) and heterometallic (Ag^I/U^VI) coordination polymers
• Towards biocompatible NIR-II nanoprobes – transfer of hydrophobic Ag₂S quantum dots to aqueous solutions using phase transfer catalysed hydrolysis of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene)
• Trends in Hamiltonian parameters determined by systematic analysis of f-d absorption spectra of divalent lanthanides in alkali-halides hosts: III. CsSrBr₃:Ln²⁺ (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu, Tm, and Yb)
• Toxicity mechanism of low doses of NaGdF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ upconverting nanoparticles in activated macrophage cell lines.
• Dithiocarbamates: reliable surface ligands for NIR-emitting quantum dots.
• Near-infrared Ag₂S quantum dots loaded in phospholipid nanostructures : physical properties, stability and cytotoxicity.
• Growth of silica shell on hydrophobic upconverting nanocrystals : mechanism and control of porosity.
• Phase transitions and properties of 0D hybrid iodoantimonate(III) and iodobismuthate(III) semiconducting ferroics: [C(NH₂)₃]₃Bi₂I₉ and [C(NH₂)₃]₃Sb₂I₉.
• Extension of high-resolution optical absorption spectroscopy to divalent neodymium : absorption spectra of Nd²⁺ ions in a SrCl₂ host.
• Triazolyl, imidazolyl, and carboxylic acid moieties in the design of molybdenum trioxide hybrids: photophysical and catalytic behavior.
• New field-induced single ion magnets based on prolate Er(III) and Yb(III) ions: tuning the energy barrier U_eff by the choice of counterions within an N₃-tridentate Schiff-base scaffold.
• Optical spectra and excited state relaxation dynamics of Sm²⁺ ions in SrCl₂, SrBr₂ and SrI₂ crystals.
• Spectroscopic peculiarities of CsCaI₃:Tm²⁺single crystals examined through one-photon and excited state excitation spectroscopy.
• Optical absorption spectra of divalent neodymium ( Nd²⁺) in bromide and iodide hosts.
• Trends in Hamiltonian parameters determined by systematic analysis  of f-d absorption spectra of divalent lanthanides in alkali-halides hosts and supported by first calculations of the Nd²⁺ electronic structure: I. SrCl₂:Ln²⁺.