XEOL spectroscopy of lanthanides in aqueous solution

As part of an ongoing study of the electronic interactions between solute and solvent molecules a method for X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence (XEOL) analysis of aqueous solutions was developed at the double-crystal-monochromator beamline (DCM) of the Canadian Synchrotron Radiation Facility (CSRF). It was tested using a series of solutions containing lanthanide ions. The samples were contained in a sample holder for liquids with a 3 µm Mylar window separating them from the vacuum (≤ 3×10The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author