Metal Complexes: Applications in Chemistry and Materials Science
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2020) | Viewed by 7813
Special Issue Editor
Interests: supramolecular; homochirality; structure; magnetic properties; magnetostructural
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Dear Colleagues,
This monogragh focuses on areas where metal complexes are used in a wide range of applications. Topics are selected on the basis of the unique characteristics of metal complexes: varying geometries, coordination number, oxidation states, electronic states and reactivity, and the utilization of these properties in a range of modern chemical applications. Examples will include:
- Design of metal complexes incorporated into MOF materials that exhibit size specificity for inclusion of gaseous (hydrogen and carbon oxides) and other guests.
- The utilization of spin crossover complexes as materials to be incorporated into molecular electronics or detection devices.
- Use of complexes as starting materials in CVD or solvothermal reactions to prepare materials that have desired electrical or magnetic properties.
- Ability of metal complexes to participate in chiral recognition, spontaneous resolution and rearrangements.
- Metal complexes used in formation of polymers and nanoparticles.
All cases will relate the basic properties of the metal complex to the desired characteristics of the material that it produces and the applications for which it is intended. Experimental details, including structure, spectroscopic data and physical methods will be provided to support the work.
Prof. Greg A. BrewerGuest Editor
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Keywords
- spin crossover complexes as materials for electronic applications-complexes employed in MOFs
- complexes used in solvothermal synthesis of new materials
- supramolecular chiral recognition
- catalysts or reactants for new polymers
- applications involving Lanthanides or Actinides
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