Polynuclear coinage metal complexes: One class of molecular materials with numerous fundamental advances and multifaceted applications

INOR 95

Mohammad A. Omary, omary@unt.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, P. O. Box 305070, 1508 Mulberry St., Denton, TX 76203
Can one class of metal complexes be useful for all the following novel fundamental and applied aspects? 1- Super Π acids and Π bases. 2- Metalloaromaticity. 3- Macrocylic Isolobal Analogies. 4- Supramolecular Isolobal Analogies. 5- Metal-organic frameworks for gas storage. 6- "Teflon-protected" molecular nanowires. 7- "Organic" Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs). 8- "Organic" Thin-film Field-effect Transistors (OTFTs). 9- Smart stimulus-responsive hydrogels. 10- Precursors for metal naoparticles with controllable size and shape. 11- Sensitive, selective optical sensors. 12- Catalysts for organic reactions.

The talk shall briefly explain why the answer is yes for polynuclear d10 complexes of group 11 monovalent coinage metals, based on multiple ongoing projects in our research group and our collaborators

 

Inorganic Materials: Applications to Environmental and Energy Research
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- 203, Oral

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007