Scanning probe microscopy (SPM), a key invention in nanoscience, has by now been
extended to a wide spectrum of basic and applied fields. Its application to basic science led …

This overview represents a comprehensive summary of the recent developments in the
growing field of terpyridine-based, discrete metallosupramolecular architectures. The N …

Fractals are fascinating, not only for their aesthetic appeal but also for allowing the
investigation of physical properties in non-integer dimensions. In these unconventional …

The incorporation of metal centers into the backbone of polymers has led to the
development of a broad range of organometallic and coordination compounds featuring …

As an NNN-tridentate ligand, the 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine plays an important role in
coordination chemistry. With three coordination sites and low LUMO, terpyridine and its …

Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular
Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and …

The dimensionality of an electronic quantum system is decisive for its properties. In one
dimension, electrons form a Luttinger liquid, and in two dimensions, they exhibit the …

Fractals, being “exactly the same at every scale or nearly the same at different scales” as
defined by Benoit B. Mandelbrot, are complicated yet fascinating patterns that are important …

Heterocycles are an extraordinarily important class of compounds, making up more than half
of all known organic compounds. Heterocycles are present in a wide variety of drugs, most …

Owing to the reversible, directional and predictable nature of metal–ligand coordination,
coordination-driven self-assembly has emerged as a powerful bottom-up strategy for …