Dirk G Kurth 2008 Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 9 014103 doi:10.1088/1468-6996/9/1/014103
Dirk G Kurth
Show affiliationsMetal ion coordination in discrete or extended metallo-supramolecular assemblies offers ample opportunity to fabricate and study devices and materials that are equally important for fundamental research and new technologies. Metal ions embedded in a specific ligand field offer diverse thermodynamic, kinetic, chemical, physical and structural properties that make these systems promising candidates for active components in functional materials. A key challenge is to improve and develop methodologies for placing these active modules in suitable device architectures, such as thin films or mesophases. This review highlights recent developments in extended, polymeric metallo-supramolecular systems and discrete polyoxometalates with an emphasis on materials science.
71.70.Ch Crystal and ligand fields
65.80.+n Thermal properties of small particles, nanocrystals, nanotubes
Issue 1 (January–March 2008)
Received 27 September 2007, accepted for publication 17 December 2007
Published 13 March 2008
Dirk G Kurth 2008 Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 9 014103
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