Metal Complexes
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystal Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 2931
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lab- and synchrotron-based crystallography and photocrystallography; crystal engineering; intermolecular interactions; X-ray charge density; metal carbonyls; coordination chemistry of Re(CO)3 and Cu(I); theoretical calculations
Interests: structure/property/function correlations in organometallic and coordination chemistry; the structural chemistry of platinum pincer, platinum diyne and luminescent lanthanide complexes; dynamic crystallography and the characterisation of metastable states; photochemistry and luminescent materials
Interests: structural chemistry; synthesis, structure determination and applications (e.g., catalytic activities, gas adsorptions, dye removal and drug delivery) of polyoxometalates; coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Undoubtedly, single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) is one of the most powerful and robust techniques for solid-state structure determination. The properties of crystalline materials are related directly to their crystal structure. Crystallography provides the foundation for the understanding of the structure–properties relationship and connects the fundamental understanding of materials with their applications. The goal of this Special Issue of “Crystals” is expected to provide not only an excellent platform to report results that highlight the synthesis, characterization, and crystal structures of metal complexes, e.g., metal–organic and organometallic compounds but also the significant features of their structures such as interesting intra- and intermolecular interactions revealed by crystal structure analysis.
It is a pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue; regular articles, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Reza Kia
Prof. Dr. Paul R. Raithby
Prof. Dr. Alireza Abbasi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Crystal and molecular structure
- Synthesis
- Characterization
- Metal–organic compounds
- Organometallic compounds
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