Luminescence imaging is a powerful and versatile technique for investigating cell
physiology and pathology in living systems, making significant contributions to life science …

The gold drugs, gold sodium thiomalate (Myocrisin), aurothioglucose (Solganal), and the
orally administered auranofin (Ridaura), are utilized in modern medicine for the treatment of …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are cyclic carbenes bearing at least one R-amino
substituent. 1 The most common subclasses of NHCs are represented in Chart 1. Early work …

The chemistry of heterocyclic carbenes has experienced a rapid development over the last
years. In addition to the imidazolin‐2‐ylidenes, a large number of cyclic diaminocarbenes …

The application of phosphorescent heavy-metal complexes with d6, d8 and d10 electron
configurations for bioimaging is a new and promising research field and has been attracting …

The discovery of cisplatin's antitumor activity in 1969 prompted the search for novel metal-
containing complexes as potential anticancer drugs. Among these novel complexes, metal N …

An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) contains a carbene carbon incorporated in a nitrogen-
containing heterocycle, presumably reactive and difficult to isolate. 1 The first isolation of …

Ofele and Wanzlick reported the synthesis of the first N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-metal
complexes in 1968. 1, 2 The isolation of the first free carbene by Arduengo in 1991 set the …

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) produced from metal complexes play an important
role in modern electroluminescent devices. While OLEDs are being used in display various …

This tutorial review compiles the advances that have been achieved in using transition metal
complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands as components for materials …