Preparation, Structural Characteristics and Physical Chemical Properties of Metal-Nitrosyl Complexes

Dear Colleagues,

Molecular-based inorganic materials whose physical properties can be controlled by an external perturbation are particularly appealing. Metal–nitrosyl complexes containing, e.g., ruthenium, osmium, manganese, iron, nickel and platinum, where the photochromic response is based on light-induced linkage isomerism, are of great interest for studying fundamental aspects like bonding properties in metastable states and offer high potential for applications such as data storage and real-time optical applications as well as in the context of photoinduced nitric oxide (NO) release. Indeed, the past three decades have witnessed an ever-increasing interest in NO, which has been recognized to possess a wide variety of physiological and pathological functions. Many research efforts have been directed towards the development of exogenous NO donors, capable of NO delivery in specific targets. Among them, metal nitrosyls have provided the most promising candidates and have attracted substantial attention in clinical applications.

This Special Issue aims to collect original and review articles on the preparation, structural characteristics and physical chemical/photophysical properties of metal nitrosyl complexes whose primary interest lies in their multiple optical properties ranging from photochromism to NO photo-delivery. Studies providing new strategies for and insights into encapsulated systems are particularly welcome.

Prof. Dr. Isabelle Malfant
Guest Editor

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• coordination chemistry
• metal–nitrosyl complexes
• synthesis
• electronic mechanism
• optical properties
• photochromism
• metastable states
• photoactivated chemotherapy
• NO release
• two-photon absorption