Lanthanide Coordination Complexes: Advances in Ligand Design, Structure, and Luminescent Applications
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 289
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lanthanide coordination complexes are considered to be the most promising novel advanced materials because of their fascinating optical and electrochemical properties. Trivalent lanthanide complexes are currently utilized in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), optical devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), or optical displays. In addition, their luminescence properties make them useful for medical diagnosis procedures for cell imaging and antimicrobial activities or as biosensing chemicals in aqueous media. More importantly, to achieve the efficient sensitization of a lanthanide(III) ion, the design and manipulation of its ligand’s triplet state energy are the key. Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on the recent research advances in the field of lanthanide coordination chemistry in the course of a ligand’s design and the structural features associated with luminescence properties, as well as potential applications of their complexes.
Dr. Nawal Al-Rasbi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lanthanide(III) coordination complexes
- crystal structure
- ligand’s design
- luminescence properties
- light emitting diodes (LEDs)
- luminescent chemo-sensors
- antibacterial and antimicrobial activity
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