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Tridentate pyridine–pyrrolide chelate ligands: An under-appreciated ligand set with an immensely promising coordination chemistry
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.01.012 2018-03-28 This review covers all aspects of the chemistry of metal complexes of tridentate κ3-N pyridine–pyrrolide ligands, from the syntheses of the ligands to what is known about the metal complexes – their structural and physical properties, and their reactivities, ... |
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Recent advances about metal–organic frameworks in the removal of pollutants from wastewater
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.03.015 2018-03-19 Water pollution is one of the most serious worldwide problems that endangers the survival and development of human society. Therefore, the effective and efficient removal of contaminants from water has become a hot topic. As a fast-growing branch of coordinat... |
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Recent advances in ultraviolet and deep-ultraviolet second-order nonlinear optical crystals
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.02.017 2018-03-15 Second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals functioning in the ultraviolet (UV) and deep-ultraviolet (deep-UV) regions are critically important as frequency conversion materials for all-solid-state UV laser devices. In this review, we focus on recent studie... |
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Molecular and supramolecular chemistry of mono- and di-selenium analogues of metal dithiocarbamates
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.03.001 2018-03-15 This bibliographic review summarises the coordination chemistry of mono- and di-selenium analogues of metal dithiocarbamate ligands, [RR′NCS2]−, as revealed by X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy (77Se NMR and infrared). The Se-ligands are usually chelatin... |
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Luminescent oligonuclear metal complexes and the use in organic light-emitting diodes
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.01.017 2018-03-13 More and more oligonuclear metal complexes have been used as light-emitting materials for the fabrication of high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). This review article is focused on highlighting recent advances in the design of luminescent oli... |
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Biological applications of Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.02.013 2018-03-09 Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes are of great interest for their unique biological, photophysical, optical, catalytic and electronic properties. This class of complexes demonstrates a number of potential therapeutic applications via interactions with DNA, enzymes... |
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Magnetism in one-dimensional metal–nitronyl nitroxide radical system
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.02.002 2018-03-09 One-dimensional (1D) magnetic systems have been extensively studied over the last few decades because they are more chemically tractable between zero-dimensional systems and two- or three-dimensional frameworks. A successful metal–radical approach, has shown ... |
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Computational studies of the nonlinear optical properties of organometallic complexes
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.02.007 2018-03-08 Computational methods for calculating the molecular nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of molecules are reviewed, with an emphasis on clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches. A brief introduction to the theory of NLO effects is provi... |
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Carboxylate covalently modified polyoxometalates: From synthesis, structural diversity to applications
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.02.010 2018-02-27 Polyoxometalates (POMs) have demonstrated strong potential in various fields, such as catalysis, magnetism, medicine, photochemistry and materials science, for their remarkable physical and chemical properties. Through the introduction of organic functional m... |
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Metal–organic frameworks with catalytic centers: From synthesis to catalytic application
10.1016/j.ccr.2018.02.009 2018-02-27 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), as a new stable class of hybrid materials synthesized, regulated and decorated by rational incorporating organic bridging ligands and metal ions with well-defined coordination geometry have become promising candidates for hete... |