Volume 8, Number 3, September 98


 Volume 8, Number 4

  December 1998

Special Topic: Selected Papers from the Luminescence Symposium, 24th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, October 29-30, 1997

CONTENTS
Introduction
Hans Hofstraat and DeLyle Eastwood
281
 Synthesis, Fabrication, and Photoluminescence of CaF2 Doped with Rare Earth Ions
Eric Faulques, Jany Wery, Bertrand Dulieu, Chris Seybert and Dale L. Perry
 283
Lanthanide Luminescence as a Probe of Nanocrystalline Materials
Brian M. Tissue and Bipin Bihari
289
Luminescence-based Oxygen Sensors: ReL(CO)3Cl and ReL(CO)3CN Complexes on Copolymer Supports
Kristi A. Kneas, Wenying Xu, J.N. Demas, B.A. DeGraff and Arden P. Zipp
295
Near-IR Luminescent Rare Earth Ion-Sensitizer Complexes
J.W. Hofstraat, M.P. Oude Wolbers, F.C.J.M. van Veggel, D.N. Reinhoudt, M.H.V. Werts and J.W. Verhoeven
301
Fluorescence Decay of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) -- Influence of Fractionation, Oxidation and Metal Ion complexation
M.U. Kumke, C. Tiseanu, G. Abbt-Braun and F.H. Frimmel
309
Constant Energy Synchronous Scan and Excitation Emission Matrix Shpol'skii Spectroscopy for Characterization of PAHs
J.W. Hofstraat and U.P. Wild
319
Luminescence Characterization of a Novel, Hydrophobically-modified and Heavy Atom Functionalized, Water-Soluble Polymer
Nicholas J. Flint, Rachael Haywood, Ian Soutar and Linda Swanson
327
Charge-Transfer Fluorescent Probes Applied to the Characterization of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Polymers
J.W. Hofstraat, J. Veurink, B. Gebben, H.J. Verheij and J.W. Verhoeven
335
Fluorescence Investigations of "Smart" Microgel Systems
N.J. Flint, S. Gardebrecht and L. Swanson
343
Use of Terbium(III) as a Probe for the Ion-Binding Properties of Tactic Poly(methacrylic acids)
H. Lujan-Upton and Y. Okamoto
355
SPECIAL TOPIC: Solvatochromic Fluorophores
Guest Editor: Dr. Brian W. Williams, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
 
Preface: Special Issue on Solvatochromic Fluorophores
Brian Wesley Williams
363 
Laurdan and Prodan as Polarity-sensitive Fluorescent Membrane Probes
Tiziana Parasassi, Ewa K. Krasnowska, Luis Bagatolli and Enrico Gratton 
365 
Fluorescence Properties of Donor-Acceptor-Substituted Pyrazoloquinolines
Andreas B.J. Parusel, Karl Rechthaler, Danuta Piorun, Andrzej Danel, Karen Khatchatryan, Krystyna Rotkiewicz and Gottfried Kohler 
375 
Solvent Relaxation of Prodan and Patman: A Useful Tool for the Determination of Polarity and Rigidity Changes in Membranes
Rudi Hutterer, Andreas B.J. Parusel and Martin Hof
389 
Further Solvatochromic, Thermochromic and Theoretical Studies on Nile Red
Christina M. Golini, Brian Wesley Williams and James B. Foresman 
 395
4-Aminophthalimide Derivatives as Environment Sensitive Probes
G. Saroja, T. Soujanya, B. Ramachandram and A. Samanta 
405 


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