Photochemical Studies of Metal Complexes

Dear Colleagues,

The photochemistry of metal complexes is a diverse research domain ranging from fundamental quantum chemical calculations to practical applications in therapeutic medicine and device manufacturing. A broad range of techniques are used in these studies from ultrafast lasers to slow cryogenic methods which use a wide range of spectroscopic and spectrometric methods. These studies have revealed many useful processes from ligand transformations to catalysis, small-molecule activation, singlet oxygen generation, and DNA scission, to mention just a few. Metal complexes are also used as photo-switches and in the design of novel solar cells, and have found uses in photodynamic therapy and in the design of mechanoresponsive materials and materials with antimicrobial activity. Therefore, this research domain is broad in scope and rich in practical applications.

I would like to invite you to submit original research papers or review articles to this Special Issue that would address any research topic related to the photochemistry of metal complexes.

Prof. Dr. Conor Long
Guest Editor

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