Functional Coordination Compounds: Design, Synthesis and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Functional coordination compounds represent a fascinating class of materials that continue to attract significant attention due to their versatile properties and wide-ranging applications. The rational design and synthesis of coordination compounds with specific functionalities has emerged as a crucial research direction in modern coordination chemistry, offering unprecedented opportunities for developing materials with tailored properties and multiple functionalities. Recent advances in this field have demonstrated that coordination compounds can exhibit various important physicochemical properties, including magnetic behavior, luminescence, nonlinear optical properties, and stimuli-responsive characteristics. The combination of multiple functionalities within coordination compounds has opened new horizons for applications in catalysis, information storage, sensing, and bio-imaging. This Special Issue welcomes contributions in all aspects of functional coordination compounds, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Design strategies and synthetic approaches for new functional coordination compounds;
• Magnetic materials, including single-molecule magnets and spin-crossover compounds;
• Luminescent coordination compounds and their applications;
• Multi-functional materials combining optical and magnetic properties;
• Catalytic applications of coordination compounds;
• Structure-property relationships in functional coordination compounds;
• Novel characterization methods and theoretical studies;
• Applications in sensing, imaging, catalysis, and information storage;
• Molecular materials showing synergistic effects between different functionalities;
• Environmental and sustainable applications of coordination compounds.

We encourage submissions focusing on innovative synthetic strategies, new property combinations, emerging applications in catalysis, and practical applications. Both original research articles and comprehensive reviews are welcome. This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers to share their latest findings and promote the development of functional coordination compounds with enhanced properties and practical applications, especially in the rapidly developing field of catalysis.

Dr. Ji-Dong Leng
Dr. Wei-Quan Lin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.