| Preface | p. v |
| IR spectroscopy of hydrides and its application to hydrogen bonding and proton transfer studies | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| M-H stretching vibrations | p. 2 |
| Hydrogen bonding and proton transfer | p. 11 |
| Conclusions | p. 24 |
| References | p. 25 |
| Raman spectroscopy of graphene | p. 29 |
| Introduction | p. 29 |
| Graphene | p. 30 |
| Raman spectroscopy | p. 34 |
| Other spectroscopic techniques | p. 49 |
| Conclusions | p. 52 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 53 |
| References | p. 53 |
| Solid-state NMR: a key tool for the understanding at a molecular level of well-defined heterogeneous catalysts and surface chemistry on top of oxide materials | p. 57 |
| ID NMR of spin 1/2 nuclei | p. 58 |
| Chemical shift anisotropy for the molecular comprehension of the active sites (structure and dynamics) | p. 63 |
| NMR of quadrupolar nuclei (spin > 1/2) | p. 65 |
| Connectivity by multidimensional NMR | p. 69 |
| Measuring J coupling constants and structural considerations | p. 73 |
| Surface enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy | p. 75 |
| Conclusions | p. 79 |
| References | p. 79 |
| Raman spectroscopy for solid oxide fuel cells | p. 84 |
| Introduction and overview | p. 84 |
| The solid oxide fuel cell | p. 85 |
| Ex-situ characterisation studies | p. 87 |
| In-situ characterisation studies | p. 108 |
| Conclusion and outlook | p. 116 |
| References | p. 116 |
| Integrated analytical techniques for analysing individual environmental particles | p. 123 |
| Introduction | p. 123 |
| First era: CCSEM/EDX or EPXMA for SPA | p. 125 |
| Second era: low-Z and beam sensitive particles | p. 128 |
| Third era: the addition of complementary techniques | p. 130 |
| Expectations and challenges for the future | p. 136 |
| References | p. 138 |
| Materials sciences using synchrotron infrared light sources | p. 141 |
| Introduction | p. 141 |
| Synchrotron infrared sources | p. 142 |
| Synchrotron IR opportunities in polymer science | p. 143 |
| Synchrotron IR studies in catalysis | p. 148 |
| Synchrotron IR studies in extreme conditions | p. 152 |
| Synchrotron IR ellipsometry | p. 155 |
| Novel condensed matter compounds | p. 157 |
| Some future directions | p. 159 |
| Conclusions | p. 162 |
| References | p. 162 |
| Metal-based molecular switches generated from dithienyl ethene (DTE) | p. 166 |
| Introduction | p. 166 |
| Pendant Pt(II) acetylides | p. 188 |
| Alternative metal acetylides (Au(I), Ru(II), CpFe) | p. 195 |
| Coordinating acac-derived metal complexes | p. 200 |
| Future directions | p. 204 |
| References | p. 214 |
| Nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy | p. 216 |
| Introduction | p. 216 |
| Main group elements | p. 216 |
| Transition metals | p. 223 |
| References | p. 226 |
| Simulation of spectroscopic properties of inorganic compounds | p. 229 |
| Introduction | p. 229 |
| Main groups | p. 232 |
| Transition metals | p. 235 |
| Lanthanides and actinides | p. 247 |
| Summary and future directions | p. 249 |
| References | p. 249 |
| Combined time-resolved X-ray scattering and spectroscopy methods | p. 257 |
| Introduction | p. 257 |
| Synchrotron radiation | p. 258 |
| X-ray scattering | p. 260 |
| X-ray spectroscopy | p. 265 |
| Technique combinations experimental issues | p. 270 |
| Technique combinations examples | p. 275 |
| Conclusions | p. 284 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 284 |
| References | p. 285 |
| Solid state NMR of immobilized catalysts and nanocatalysts | p. 289 |
| Introduction | p. 289 |
| Solid state NMR spectroscopy | p. 293 |
| Applications to immobilized catalysts | p. 296 |
| Characterization of reaction intermediates in heterogeneous catalysis by solid state NMR | p. 307 |
| Outlook and perspectives | p. 308 |
| Conclusions | p. 312 |
| Appendix | p. 312 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 315 |
| References | p. 315 |
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