Advanced functional luminescent metallomesogens: the key role of the metal center

C Cuerva, M Cano, C Lodeiro - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The use of liquid crystals for the fabrication of displays incorporated in technological devices
(TVs, calculators, screens of eBook's, tablets, watches) demonstrates the relevance that …

Lewis acidic zinc (II) complexes of tetradentate ligands as building blocks for responsive assembled supramolecular structures

IP Oliveri, S Di Bella - Chemistry, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review presents representative examples illustrating how the Lewis acidic character of
the Zn (II) metal center in Zn (salen)-type complexes, as well as in complexes of other …

Lewis acidic zinc (II) salen-type Schiff-base complexes: Sensing properties and responsive nanostructures

SD Bella - Dalton Transactions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this frontier article some peculiar characteristics of Zn (salen)-type Schiff-base complexes
are reviewed. The paper is mainly focused on the most recent and relevant achievements on …

Studies on the influence of the nuclearity of zinc (ii) hemi-salen complexes on some pivotal biological applications

BK Kundu, SM Mobin, S Mukhopadhyay - Dalton Transactions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Though a large amount of literature has been reported on outlining the biological
significance of zinc (II) Schiff base complexes, yet none of them have explored the influence …

On the aggregation and sensing properties of zinc (II) Schiff-base complexes of salen-type ligands

G Consiglio, IP Oliveri, S Failla, S Di Bella - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
The zinc (II) ion forms stable complexes with a wide variety of ligands, but those related to
Schiff-bases are among the most largely investigated. This review deals with the peculiar …

Phase transition and vapochromism in molecular assemblies of a polymorphic zinc (II) Schiff-base complex

IP Oliveri, G Malandrino, S Di Bella - Inorganic Chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
This paper reports for the first time the irreversible thermally induced phase transition,
accompanied by color change, and the vapochromic behavior of an amphiphilic, Lewis …

Syntheses, structural characterization, luminescence and optical studies of Ni (II) and Zn (II) complexes containing salophen ligand

MS More, SB Pawal, SR Lolage, SS Chavan - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Some Ni (II)(1a-d) and Zn (II)(2a-d) salophen complexes were prepared by the
treatment of 5-bromosalicylaldehyde, 5-(trimethylsilylethynyl) salicylaldehyde, 5-(4 …

Revealing the dynamic of excited state proton transfer of a π-conjugated salicylidene compound: An experimental and theoretical study

MG Vivas, JC Germino, CA Barboza… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) in a novel salicylidene sal-3, 4-
benzophen chromophore is studied by white-light femtosecond pump–probe and time …

Dual emissions of salicylidene-5-chloroaminepyridine due to excited state intramolecular proton transfer: dynamic photophysical and theoretical studies

JC Germino, CA Barboza, FJ Quites… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this study, the photophysical properties of N-salycilidene-5-chloroaminopyridine were
evaluated. This molecule presented dual emission from the keto* and enol* species …

Mononuclear photoluminescent salicylaldimato copper (II) complex: synthesis, characterization, mesomorphic investigation and DFT study

HAR Pramanik, B Kharpan, B Bhattacharya… - Soft …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new photoluminescent disc-like copper (II) metallomesogen of the type
[CuL2]{H2L= 2, 4-bis ((E)-((4-(hexadecyloxy) phenyl) imino) methyl) phenol} have been …