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Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Materials: From Synthesis to Applications

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 1034

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Interests: metallosupramolecular compounds; hydrazones; structure; polyoxometalates; inorganic-organic hybrid compounds

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Dear Colleagues,

Hybrid organic–inorganic materials with desirable properties have become a fascinating field of research in materials science. These refer to architectures consisting of both inorganic and organic components that contribute to their structural versatility and remarkable properties. Such materials can be classified into two large groups: Class I hybrids built by weak interactions between the components, such as van der Waals, hydrogen bonding, or weak electrostatic interactions, and Class II hybrid materials assembled by strong interactions between the components, like covalent bonds. Thus, they represent potential modular platforms for applications in diverse fields such as optics, micro-electronics, sensing, energy storage, drug delivery, catalysis, and pollutant remediation.

This Special Issue provides a way to present the achievements of the design of hybrids with different functionalities and their tailored properties. Furthermore, it also covers the synthesis and structural features that permit the discovery of new materials, their applications, and the theoretical studies of the structure–property relationships. Contributions to this Special Issue, in the form of original research or review articles, are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Mirta Rubčić
Prof. Dr. Višnja Vrdoljak
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Keywords

  • hybrid
  • organic–inorganic
  • functional materials
  • structure–property
  • design
  • synthesis

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Tuning the Properties of Dodecylpyridinium Metallosurfactants: The Role of Iron-Based Counterions
by Mirta Rubčić, Mirta Herak, Ana Ivančić, Edi Topić, Emma Beriša, Ivana Tartaro Bujak and Darija Domazet Jurašin
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26(6), 2540; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26062540 - 12 Mar 2025
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Metallosurfactants combine the unique soft-matter properties of surfactants with magnetic functionalities of metal ions. The inclusion of iron-based species, in particular, can further boost the functionality of the material, owing to iron’s ability to adopt multiple oxidation states and form both high-spin and [...] Read more.
Metallosurfactants combine the unique soft-matter properties of surfactants with magnetic functionalities of metal ions. The inclusion of iron-based species, in particular, can further boost the functionality of the material, owing to iron’s ability to adopt multiple oxidation states and form both high-spin and low-spin complexes. Motivated by this, a series of hybrid inorganic-organic dodecylpyridinium metallosurfactants with iron-containing counterions was developed. It was established that using either divalent or trivalent iron halides in a straightforward synthetic procedure yields C12Py-metallosurfactants with distinct complex counterions: (C12Py)2[Fe2X6O] and (C12Py)[FeX4] (X = Cl or Br), respectively. A combination of techniques—including conductometry, dynamic and electrophoretic light scattering, single-crystal and thermogravimetric analysis, and magnetic measurements—provided in-depth insights into their solution and solid-state properties. The presence of different iron-based counterions significantly influences the crystal structure (interdigitated vs. non-interdigitated bilayers), magnetic properties (paramagnetic vs. nonmagnetic singlet ground state), and self-assembly (vesicles vs. micelles) of the dodecylpyridinium series. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the synthesis and characterization of hybrid organic-inorganic metallosurfactants containing the μ-oxo-hexahalo-diferrate anion. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Materials: From Synthesis to Applications)
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