Luminescent Complexes of Platinum, Iridium, and Coinage Metals Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Design, Structural Diversity, and Photophysical …

H Amouri - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The employment of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) to design luminescent metal
compounds has been the focus of recent intense investigations because of the strong σ …

Light in gold catalysis

S Witzel, ASK Hashmi, J **e - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Within the wide family of gold-catalyzed reactions, gold photocatalysis intrinsically features
unique elementary steps. When gold catalysis meets photocatalysis, a valence change of …

Molecular Design of Luminescent Gold (III) Emitters as Thermally Evaporable and Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Device (OLED) Materials: Focus …

MC Tang, MY Chan, VWW Yam - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advancement of high-efficiency luminescent and thermally stable organometallic
complexes has offered opportunities for the commercialization of metal phosphors for …

Light-Emitting Self-Assembled Materials Based on d8 and d10 Transition Metal Complexes

VWW Yam, VKM Au, SYL Leung - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The spontaneous self-organization of matters has always been one of the most fascinating
wonders in the world. Self-assembly refers to “the autonomous organization of components …

Metal-complex chromophores for solar hydrogen generation

YJ Yuan, ZT Yu, DQ Chen, ZG Zou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar H2 generation from water has been intensively investigated as a clean method to
convert solar energy into hydrogen fuel. During the past few decades, many studies have …

N-heterocyclic carbene metal complexes: photoluminescence and applications

R Visbal, MC Gimeno - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers the advances made in the synthesis of luminescent transition metal
complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands. The presence of a high field …

Recent advances in metallogels

AYY Tam, VWW Yam - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Amongst the areas of supramolecular chemistry, low molecular weight gelators
(supramolecular gels) have been considered to be one of the most interesting soft and smart …

Luminescent metal complexes of d 6, d 8 and d 10 transition metal centres

VWW Yam, KMC Wong - Chemical communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This highlight focuses on various luminescent complexes with different transition metal
centres of d6, d8 and d10 electronic configurations. Through the systematic study on the …

Luminescent d8 metal complexes of platinum (II) and gold (III): From photophysics to photofunctional materials and probes

VWW Yam, ASY Law - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Among various phosphorescent metal complexes, the spectroscopic and luminescence
properties of d 8 transition metal complexes have increasingly attracted much attention. In …

Cyclometalated gold (III) complexes: synthesis, reactivity, and physicochemical properties

R Kumar, C Nevado - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This Review showcases the ability of bi‐and tridentate ligands to stabilize gold in high
oxidation states through the formation of mono‐and biscyclometalated gold (III) complexes …