PLATINUM: COMPOUNDS, PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS -- PLATINUMCOM: POUNDS, PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF PLATINUM COORDINATION COMPLEXES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.MONOMERIC PT COORDINATION COMPLEXES -- 2.1. Pt(0) and Pt(I) Complexes -- 2.2. PT(II) COMPLEXES -- 2.3. Pt(III) Complexes -- 2.3. Pt(IV) Complexes -- 2.4. Mixed-Valence Pt Complexes -- 2.5. Pt(2.87), Pt(3.25) and Pt(3.5) Complexes -- 3. DIMERIC PT COORDINATION COMPLEXES -- 3.1. Pt(0) Dimers -- 3.2. Pt(I) Dimers -- 3.3. Pt(II) Dimers -- 3.4. Pt(2.5) Dimers -- 3.5. Pt(III) Dimers -- 3.6. Pt(IV) Dimers -- 3.7. Mixed-Valence Pt Dimers -- 4. TRIMERIC PT COORDINATION COMPLEXES -- 4.1. Pt(0) Trimers -- 4.2. Pt(I) Trimers -- 4.3. Pt(II) Trimers -- 4.4. Mixed-Valence Pt Trimers -- 5. TETRAMERIC PT COORDINATION COMPLEXES -- 5.1. Mixed-Valence and Non-Integral Pt Oxidation States -- 5.2. Pt(II), Pt(III) and Pt(IV) Tetramers -- 6. PENTA-TO OCTAMERIC PT COORDINATION COMPLEXES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: THE PROBLEMS OF GEOCHEMICAL "ANTAGONISM"BETWEEN REE AND PGE IN MAFIC ANDULTRAMAFIC ROCKS AND THEIR PETROGENETIC SIGNIFICANCE -- MASSIFS OF TUVA, RUSSIA -- ULTRAMAFIC XENOLITHS IN ALKALINE BASALTS FROM EIFEL AND VOGELSBERG PROVINCES (GERMANY) -- ITI AND KALIDROMON MASSIFS (GREECE) -- KOMATIITE-BASALT COMPLEX OF NORTH-WEST VIETNAM -- KOMATIITE-BASALT COMPLEXES OF GORGONA ISLAND(COLOMBIA), ALEXO (ONTARIO, CANADA), ONVERWACHT,BARBERTON, PERSEVERANCE (AFRICA) AND KAMBALDA (WESTAUSTRALIA) PROVINCES -- BUSHVELD MASSIF (SOUTH AFRICA) -- MUSKOX MASSIF (CANADA) -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: THE SYNTHESIS OF PLATINUM COMPLEXES OF CYCLIC PHOSPHINES AND BISPHOSPHINES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

1. FIVE- AND SIX-MEMBERED P-HETEROCYCLES ASP-LIGANDS IN PLATINUM COMPLEXES -- 2. THE DOUBLE KABACHNIK-FIELDS REACTION -- DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BIDENTATE P-LIGANDS -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL FOR THE THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: PLATINUM FILMS ON YSZ WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES -MICROSTRUTURE CHANGES DUE TO ANNEALING AND OXYGEN EXCHANGE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 2.1. Preparation of the Platinum Films -- 2.2. Annealing -- 2.3. Polarisation -- 2.4. Characterisation -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Effect of Annealing -- 3.2. Effect of Oxygen Exchange -- 3.3. Summary -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES AND INFLAMMATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ULTRAVIOLET-INDUCED SKIN INFLAMMATION -- 3. PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF NANO-PTS AGAINST ULTRAVIOLET INDUCED SKIN INFLAMMATION -- 4. PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF NANO-PTS AGAINST RANKL STIMULATED OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS AND CIGARETTE SMOKE INDUCED PULMONARY INFLAMMATION -- 5. PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF NANO-PTS AGAINST HYPERTHERMIA INDUCED INFLAMMATION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: PLATINUM-HALIDE SQUARE-PRISM COMPOUNDS: NOVEL GROUND STATES AND THEIR OPTICAL FEATURES -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Group-Theoretical Analysis -- 3. Quantum Phase Competition -- 4. Band Structure -- 5. Optical Observations -- Acknowledgments -- A. Momentum Representation of the Hamiltonian -- B. Point Groups Relevant to Square-Prism-ShapedMX Com-pounds -- References -- Closing Remarks -- INDEX.