Metal Clusters – Past, Current and Future Aspects
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 4392
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metal clusters; high temperature reactions; self-assembly; ligand exchange; crystal structure; luminescence; chemical and functional properties
Interests: supramolecular chemistry; self-assembling; nanocomposite; luminescence; hybrid material; liquid crystal; polymer
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to various aspects of the chemistry of discrete molecular transition metal clusters, whose properties and applications very often differ from more familiar mononuclear compounds. Two main classes of clusters can be distinguished. They are low-valent or organometallic clusters, and high-valent or inorganic clusters (mainly chalcogenide and halide-bridged), which are characterized by great structural diversity and a plethora of potentially useful physico-chemical properties. These features are often combined with the stability of the cluster core (in ligand exchange processes and redox reactions) and the relatively simple modification of the ligand environment. Both types of clusters are considered as model objects for heterogeneous catalysts on metal surfaces (organometallic clusters) and metal chalcogenides (chalcogenide metal clusters). In addition, molecular clusters themselves are effective catalysts and can catalyze quite a few reactions better than mononuclear catalysts. In other words, molecular clusters are an intermediate link between mononuclear complexes and heterogeneous catalysts, and also represent a bridge between molecular and solid state chemistry. Their study opens up new prospects in material science, catalysis, and fundamental chemistry.
Of particular interest are luminescent metal cluster complexes. Recent investigations of the photophysical and biological properties of such cluster complexes support the potential applicability of them in biology, medicine, sensorics and technology of new luminescent materials.
Prof. Dr. Konstantin Brylev
Dr. Yann Molard
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal clusters
- synthesis
- structural features
- functional properties
- cluster-based materials, applications
