Because of its ability to form stable complexes with a wide variety of metal ions, cyclam (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) is one of the most studied ligands in coordination chemistry. Functionalizing the cyclam unit with photoactive dendrons open a door to construct giant homo- and heteroleptic metal complexes that display interesting spectroscopic properties, particularly as far as luminescence is concerned. Light is a tool both to study metal coordination processes, and to act as input or output in order to achieve the desired function.
Metal ion complexes of cyclam-cored dendrimers for molecular photonics / G. Bergamini; E. Marchi; P. Ceroni. - In: COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS. - ISSN 0010-8545. - STAMPA. - 255:(2011), pp. 2458-2468. [10.1016/j.ccr.2011.01.022]
Metal ion complexes of cyclam-cored dendrimers for molecular photonics
BERGAMINI, GIACOMO;MARCHI, ENRICO;CERONI, PAOLA
2011
Abstract
Because of its ability to form stable complexes with a wide variety of metal ions, cyclam (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) is one of the most studied ligands in coordination chemistry. Functionalizing the cyclam unit with photoactive dendrons open a door to construct giant homo- and heteroleptic metal complexes that display interesting spectroscopic properties, particularly as far as luminescence is concerned. Light is a tool both to study metal coordination processes, and to act as input or output in order to achieve the desired function.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
