Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Coordination Compounds with (Hetero)Aromatic Bridging Ligands

Dear Colleagues,

Without a doubt, coordination compounds containing hetero(aromatic) bridging ligands have proven to be a popular research subject due to their photophysical and electrochemical properties and are therefore particularly attractive in a wide range of possible applications in light-emitting devices, materials for solar energy conversion, biological applications, catalysis, and sensing. Apart from fundamental electronic coupling studies such as electronic coupling between metal center (metal-to-metal charge-transfer (MMCT)) transition (or intervalence charge-transfer (IVCT)), another goal of the research of this kind of compounds is connected with the fact that these ligands themselves are appealing molecular materials for organic electronics such as OLEDs technology.

The purpose of this Special Issue it to combine various works describing different aspects of hetero(aromatic) bridging ligands and their complexes, including synthesis, structural, photophysical, and electrochemical studies, as well as theoretical investigations.

Dr. Dawid Zych
Prof. Dr. Yu-Wu Zhong 
Guest Editors

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