Showing papers in "Coordination Chemistry Reviews in 2012"

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of ligand molecules containing fluorophores synthesized and employed in metal ion detection in solution in the last few years is presented, with the aim of making more readable the paper has organized it by dividing the subject first for type of fluorophore, then type of metal ion.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed the use of carbon dioxide as a feedstock for the carboxylation of four types of reactive substrates: epoxides, alcohols, nitrogen and hydrogen.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent developments in photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction is presented, where a complete cell with two photo-electrodes, one for water oxidation and the other for CO2 reduction to formate has been set up successfully.

TL;DR: The application of luminescent metal complexes to cell imaging is a rapidly emerging area as mentioned in this paper, and the advantages of such complexes may offer over conventional fluorescent imaging probes, and the desirable requirements for successful applications.

TL;DR: A review of the literature concludes that coordination polymers are suitable precursors for production of nanoscale materials with optimized morphologies and properties as mentioned in this paper, and summarizes the effects of various factors such as structure, temperature, morphology and size of precursor on the morphology and the size of the nano-materials produced.

TL;DR: Metal ion binding to proteins involved in neurodegeneration is therefore an important factor for whole brain damage processes and details of transport and interactions with biomolecules are discussed in the review.

TL;DR: The applications of chemodosimeters in qualitative and quantitative estimation of various metal ions viz.

TL;DR: Recent progress in the field of photoelectrochemical water oxidation is reviewed with emphasis on water-oxidation photoanodes inspired by the design of functionalized thin film semiconductors of typical dye-sensitized solar cells.

TL;DR: In vivo evidence for a link between metal ions in these common neurodegenerative diseases, and the interplay between Aβ the prion protein and copper are reported are reported.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of catalytically active species and mechanisms of their action are summarized, with major focus on the their synthetic potential, and a detailed discussion of their properties and properties are presented.

TL;DR: This review focuses on describing the design, function and application of probes to detect metal cations, reactive oxygen species, and intracellular thiol-containing compounds and highlights the intricacies and complications that are often faced in sensor design and implementation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the recent progress in the preparation of supramolecular, donor-acceptor (D-A) porphyrin (Por)-and phthalocyanine (Pc)/carbon nanostructure systems assembled by using noncovalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, metal-ligand, cation-crown ether or π-π interactions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the growing field of chiral NHC-metal-based asymmetric catalysis is comprehensively described, and strategies for the design of efficient N-heterocyclic carbenes and novel asymmetric synthetic methodologies have dramatically increased over the past 10 years.

TL;DR: A summary of the most important developments in the field of solar cells based on the sensitization of p-type semiconductors, such as NiO, and identifies the future challenges and opportunities to enhance their overall performance is provided in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review outlines how the new and rapidly expanding class of Ru-based sensitizers bearing bidentate and tridentate cyclometalating ligands provide a conduit for potentially enhancing the stability and performance of the DSSC, gaining new insight into interfacial electron-transfer and dye regeneration processes.

TL;DR: Luminescent metal complexes have attracted increasing attention in the literature over the last few decades as discussed by the authors, and transition metal compounds have been widely studied for luminescent sensing applications due to their attractive photophysical properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the recent studies on porphyrin-based bio-inspired materials for solar energy utilization is presented, where the authors highlight mostly the recent work of porphrin-based materials for photovoltaic applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the research endeavor in this area and underline related applications in nonlinear optics, where the direct lanthanide sensitization from charge transfer excited state appears as an alternative process resulting in a redshift of the excitation wavelength far in the visible thanks to the design of ligands with appropriate donor-acceptor charge transfer transitions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the factors limiting the performance of hematite as a photo-catalyst and outline approaches that have been, or might be, tried to overcome them.

TL;DR: In this paper, the proposed mechanisms, catalytic activities and reaction kinetics of catalytic water oxidation with transition metal complexes in homogeneous systems with an emphasis on the last decade are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on describing aspects of synthesis, structures and magnetic properties of Co coordination clusters with nuclearities higher than 4 and classified the structural motifs of Co complexes which range in nuclearity from 5 to 36.

TL;DR: The easily electronically and sterically tunable β-diketiminates are widely used auxiliary ligands for the creation of a wide range of metal complexes with various oxidation states in all groups of the periodic table as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, an account of developments in the area of actinide and actinyl luminescence is presented, focussing on the fundamental optical properties of the ions and their coordination compounds.

TL;DR: A review of the methods proposed for the description of the sorption phenomena, from the thermodynamic, kinetic and dynamic point of view, can be found in this paper, focusing on general methods to describe the sarsption that could be used in alternative to descriptive and operational approaches.

TL;DR: An overview of recent efforts regarding several types of carbonyl complexes of the group 6 metal and of those in other laboratories that are focused on developing photochemical techniques for such CO delivery are provided.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main types of polynuclear copper complexes and coordination polymers applied in homogeneous alkane transformations are classified, and the critical analysis of the most efficient catalytic systems in two different reactions is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe self-assemblies formed by the combination of a variety of palladium(II) components and ligands ranging from bi-to polydentate.

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the shape of coordinating ligands and of different metal ions in directing the synthesis totally or preferentially toward specific entities is discussed, and the structural and physico-chemical aspects of planar or tridimensional cyclic and acyclic compartmental Schiff bases are evaluated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the evolution of water oxidation catalysts in terms of stability, turnover numbers, and price of the catalysts have become the major issues, and the available experimental studies dealing with their decomposition pathways.

TL;DR: It is clear that the grasp of the factors that contribute to the activity of nucleases and phosphatases has advanced considerably over the years, thanks in part to the sustained efforts of those seeking to develop complexes with improved hydrolytic activity.