The interaction of lanthanide ions with biologically active ligands is of the utmost relevance
to understand and develop new complexes based on these ions. In this paper the …

On asking somebody what they are made of, the reply frequently heard is 'mostly water'.
Although this statement is definitely correct, it is only the boring background material, so to …

The spherical Lindquist type polyoxometalate, Mo6O192-, has been used as a
noncoordinating anionic template for the construction of novel three-dimensional …

Binary iron group (IG)-rare earth (RE) and ternary IG-RE-B alloys were codeposited from
aqueous chloride and sulfamate solutions containing glycine as the complexing agent. The …

Lanthanide coordination polymers with the formula [Ln (pydc) 2]· H2O (Ln= La, 1; Nd, 2;
pydc= 3, 4‐pyridinedicarboxylate) and [Ln (pydc)(ina)(H2O) 2](Ln= Sm, 3; Eu, 4; Tb, 5; Dy, 6; …

The complex formation of europium (III) with the zwitterionic form of amino acids (alanine,
phenylalanine, and threonine) has been studied in aqueous solution. Measurements were …

Taking into account the low stability of the Sm (III)–amino acids compounds and searching
for thermodynamically stable compounds which contain biologically relevant ligands in the …

This chapter presents the synthetic, structural and solution chemistry of rare earth complexes
with carboxylic acids, polyaminopolycarboxylic acids and amino acids. The synthetic …

Samarium complexes with glutamic acid containing cationic [Sm2 (Glu) 2 (H2O) 8] 4+ units
have been prepared and characterized by using elemental analysis, infrared absorption …

Kinetics of the hydrolysis of BNPP (bis (4-nitrophenyl) phosphate) mediated by lanthanide–
samarium (III) and ytterbium (III)–alone and in the presence of various alfa amino acids has …