Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Luminescent Materials

A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Solid-State Chemistry".

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Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano and INSTM RU, via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: hybrid inorganic-organic materials; nonlinear optics; organic room temperature phosphorescence; stimuli responsive materials; Cu(I) photoluminescent compounds

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Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: transition metal organometallic chemistry; luminescent rhenium complexes; bio-inorganic luminescent probes; photofunctional molecular materials; small molecule activation

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Dear Colleagues,

The field of inorganic/organic materials has been widely recognized as one of the most promising and rapidly emerging research areas in material chemistry. This is due to the fact that hybrid materials are not simply physical mixtures of the two components, but, thanks to synergic interactions, they can demonstrate better properties with respect to their individual counterparts. Hybrid systems are thus considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics, micro-electronics, transportation, health, energy, energy storage, diagnosis, housing, and environment.

This Special Issue will gather articles and reviews related to recent fundamental research and applications of hybrid inorganic/organic materials in the fields of photo- and electro-luminescence. The aim is to benefit from the open access policy of Inorganics to share knowledge on novel synthetic methodologies and advanced photophysical characterization and device construction with a broader audience to impact the development of new hybrid systems.

Prof. Dr. Elena Cariati
Dr. Monica Panigati
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Keywords

  • hybrid materials
  • photoluminescence
  • electroluminescence
  • hybrid clusters
  • coordination polymers
  • dispersed materials

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A Chiral Bis(salicylaldiminato)zinc(II) Complex with Second-Order Nonlinear Optical and Luminescent Properties in Solution
by Paola Matozzo, Alessia Colombo, Claudia Dragonetti, Stefania Righetto, Dominique Roberto, Paolo Biagini, Simona Fantacci and Daniele Marinotto
Inorganics 2020, 8(4), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics8040025 - 1 Apr 2020
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Whereas there is an increasing amount of reports on the second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) and luminescence properties of tetradentate [N2O2] Schiff base–zinc complexes, the study of zinc complexes having two bidentate [NO] Schiff-base ligands is relatively unexplored from an [...] Read more.
Whereas there is an increasing amount of reports on the second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) and luminescence properties of tetradentate [N2O2] Schiff base–zinc complexes, the study of zinc complexes having two bidentate [NO] Schiff-base ligands is relatively unexplored from an NLO point of view. This work puts in evidence that the known chiral bis{2-[(R)-(+)-1-phenylethyliminomethyl]phenolato-N,O}zinc(II) complex is a fascinating multifunctional molecular inorganic–organic hybrid material characterized by interesting second-order NLO and luminescent properties in solution. The emissive properties of the organic 2-(R)-(+)-1-phenylethyliminomethyl]phenol proligand are greatly enhanced upon coordination to the inorganic Zn(II) center. Full article
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Polymer Coated Semiconducting Nanoparticles for Hybrid Materials
by Rudolf Zentel
Inorganics 2020, 8(3), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics8030020 - 11 Mar 2020
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This paper reviews synthetic concepts for the functionalization of various inorganic nanoparticles with a shell consisting of organic polymers and possible applications of the resulting hybrid materials. A polymer coating can make inorganic nanoparticles soluble in many solvents as individual particles and not [...] Read more.
This paper reviews synthetic concepts for the functionalization of various inorganic nanoparticles with a shell consisting of organic polymers and possible applications of the resulting hybrid materials. A polymer coating can make inorganic nanoparticles soluble in many solvents as individual particles and not only do low molar mass solvents become suitable, but also polymers as a solid matrix. In the case of shape anisotropic particles (e.g., rods) a spontaneous self-organization (parallel orientation) of the nanoparticles can be achieved, because of the formation of lyotropic liquid crystalline phases. They offer the possibility to orient the shape of anisotropic nanoparticles macroscopically in external electric fields. At least, such hybrid materials allow semiconducting inorganic nanoparticles to be dispersed in functional polymer matrices, like films of semiconducting polymers. Thereby, the inorganic nanoparticles can be electrically connected and addressed by the polymer matrix. This allows LEDs to be prepared with highly fluorescent inorganic nanoparticles (quantum dots) as chromophores. Recent works have aimed to further improve these fascinating light emitting materials. Full article
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