Photocatalysts for Organic and Polymer Synthesis

Dear Colleagues,

Thanks to its ability on triggering chemical transformation with photon energy, photocatalyst plays a central role in a variety of commercialized and emergent technologies, from self-cleaning glass and solar cells to water splitting and CO₂ reduction. In recent years, there have been a lot of interests on developing well-defined molecular photocatalysts for organic and polymer synthesis. Besides these well-established merits of photochemistry relative to traditional thermal process, photocatalysts even facilitate the access to distinct chemical products through unique mechanism. In the meantime, coupled with the adoption of commercialized light emitting diode (LED) as reliable photon source, the adoption of photocatalysts with strong absorption in visible light region is pushing the organic and polymer photosynthesis away from the traditional ultraviolet domain. This paradigm shifts not only reduce the energy waste of the process, but also increase the likelihood of performing these new photochemical transformations in biological environment.

Because of the aforementioned fact, we are organizing a special issue of Compounds, which will be dedicated to the latest development of photocatalysts for organic and polymer synthesis. The submitted manuscripts can be either reviews or research articles. For review articles, the authors should provide a comprehensive summary of one category related to the theme of this special issue. It is also expected that the authors would share their perspectives on future outlook. For research articles, the authors should submit a manuscript, which focuses their original and latest discovery related to the theme of this special issue. Several keywords are given below as references.

Dr. Pengtao Lu
Guest Editor

Dr. Xuejin Yang
Dr. Evan Sherbrook
Co-Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Compounds is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

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• Photocatalyst
• Photoinduced electron/energy transfer
• Mechanism
• Photophysical property
• Structure-property relationship
• Photocatalyzed organic synthesis
• Photopolymerization