The willingness of the 4f orbitals of lanthanide metals to participate in chemical reactions is as rare as their presence in ...

In conventional compounds, cerium emits ultraviolet light with wavelengths between 300 and 400 nanometers. In the new complexes, its emission shifted to the red range, reaching up to 655 nanometers.

"Rather than focusing on a single example, we synthesized a series of compounds from cerium to terbium to observe how their properties change and to identify common patterns," comments Daniil ...