Showing papers in "Coordination Chemistry Reviews in 2015"

TL;DR: The trivalent europium ion (Eu3+) is well known for its strong luminescence in the red spectral region, but this ion is also interesting from a theoretical point of view as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the design of highly luminescent lanthanide complexes is presented, where the authors discuss all aspects needing optimization, including the various energy migration processes in luminescence sensitization by organic ligands, minimizing non-radiative deactivation mechanisms, as well as other parameters such as the radiative lifetime, the refractive index, and the benefit of inserting luminecent complexes into inorganic-hybrid structures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the basic concepts and recent developments and advances of gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-catalyzed 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) reduction to 4-aminophenol by sodium borohydride, including the catalytic mechanism, the variety of stabilizers, and dendritic, natural and heterogeneous AuNP supports are presented.

TL;DR: A detailed account of the latest results of metal-based drugs and their potential uses in the cure of severe diseases is provided and the number of published studies in this field is huge.

TL;DR: A survey of radical ligand-containing single-molecule magnets can be found in this article, with a brief overview of other classes of metal-ligand radical complexes that could be exploited in the design of new single molecule magnet.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of 3d-4f heterometallic discrete complexes is presented, focusing on the examples showing dynamics of the magnetization, as well as the synthetic strategy, structures and magnetic properties.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors have given an overview of the synthesis of porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials with microwave and ultrasonic (US) irradiation, and the advantages of MW or US irradiation compared with conventional heating have been expounded in detail.

TL;DR: This work reviews the medicinal applications proposed for vanadium compounds with particular emphasis on the more recent publications and concludes that the potential ofVanadium compounds to treat type 2 diabetes is still an open question and therapies using vanadium compound for e.g. antitumor and anti-parasitic related diseases remain promising.

TL;DR: A review of the recent progress of bulk and nanoscale coordination polymer (CP) materials for energy transfer can be found in this paper, where the authors comprehensively surveyed synthetic approaches to light-harvesting CPs, and post functionalization.

TL;DR: The ability to construct metal complexes with desired light absorbing and excited state properties by ligand variation enables the design of PDT agents that can potentially provide combination therapy from a single metal complex.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined mononuclear metal complexes with high magnetic anisotropy and the theoretical approaches used to rationalize their magnetic properties, and developed a set of simple models.

TL;DR: A review of the different chemistries and structures of the materials developed for magnesium ion cathodes can be found in this paper, where particular strategies which may lead to future research initiatives are amplified.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the background behind the huge interest in the important class of silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles (SMNPs) as nanocatalysts.

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-contained introduction to electronic structure calculations for single molecule magnet properties is provided in conjunction with several contemporary case studies on diverse mononuclear 3d-transition metal complexes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the second-order nonlinear optical properties of metal iodates are discussed and a review of metal ion structures and secondorder NLO properties are discussed. But the authors do not consider the effect of the polarizations from both types of the asymmetric units are aligned properly.

TL;DR: A review of (thio)urea receptors from the very beginning, until present, can be found in this article, where the most important examples of anion receptor chemistry are presented.

TL;DR: Cluster-based porous coordination polymers (PCPs) as discussed by the authors are constructed by linking polynuclear clusters as secondary building units via organic linkers, which provide a unique platform for systematically studying the correlations among structure-property relationships and for developing new functional PCP materials with improved properties.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize three main categories of chiral catalysts with discussion of their advantages and limitation in axially chiral biaryl coupling with chiral palladium catalysts, and present some novel chiral auxiliary ligands such as ferrocene- or biaryl backbone-containing monophosphine, bisphosphines, bis-hydrazones, hydrazone-phosphine and NHC ligands.

TL;DR: Ru(II) dyads derived from organic units that impart low-lying 3IL excited states combine the most attractive features of organic photosensitizers with those of coordination complexes as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Polyoxometalates (POMs) are discrete polynuclear metal-oxo anions with a fascinating variety of structures and unique chemical and physical properties as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the main types of both homogeneous and supported vanadium catalysts and the most efficient catalytic systems in different reactions are presented and compared, and the proposed mechanisms of various catalytic oxidation processes are also outlined.

TL;DR: The design, characterization, and evaluation of a new family of molecular cobalt(II)-polypyridyl catalysts for electrocatalytic and light-driven hydrogen production are discussed.

TL;DR: A diverse spectrum of vanadium compounds have arisen, over the past years, as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of malignancies as discussed by the authors, including organometallic vanadocene V(C 5 H 5 ) 2, oxidovanadium (V(IV)O)-containing compounds, binary and ternary peroxidovanadates and vanadium-peroxido-betaine complexes.

TL;DR: An overview of the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-copper NHC complexes and their respective catalytic performance can be found in this article, where a detailed review of the two classes and their performance is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes recent developments of CO 2 carboxylation reactions with C C bond formation catalyzed by transition metal complexes, based on various transition metals and substrates of various functional groups.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the chemical mechanisms that involve polyoxometalates and which have been used to solve important environmental problems, such as toxic gas sequestration, wastewater decontamination, fine chemical production, corrosion, and radioactive waste processing.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the recent development of electroluminescent europium(III) complexes, with emphasis on correlations between molecular structures and optoelectronic performance.

TL;DR: In this article, a review comprehensively surveys the TM chemistry of amidinato-HTs published up to the end of 2014, examining not only the synthesis and characterization of these complexes, but paying special attention to reactivity studies, theoretical investigations and catalytic applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, a broad overview of sonochemical synthesis of crystalline metal-organic coordination polymers (MOCP) is provided, i.e., the chemistry that takes place in the application of high energy ultrasound to a reaction mixture of organic ligands and metal cations.

TL;DR: A review of the recent literature results pertaining to the underlying mechanisms initiating the transformations of ENPs for both biotic and abiotic processes is presented in this article, where physicochemical, macromolecular, and biological pathways contribute to assessing the impact of the altered activities of ENP on the surrounding environmental matrices.