An introduction to magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy: general theory and applications

Abstract

A review with 30 refs. describing the general theor. basis for MCD spectroscopy - a powerful technique that combines some attributes of absorption spectroscopy and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Under appropriate conditions, much more information can be deduced about at. and mol. energy states using MCD as a single spectroscopic technique than with most other types of spectroscopy. Exptl. data is presented to illustrate how MCD is being utilized to study the energy levels of lanthanide and actinide compds. [on SciFinder(R)]