Phosphorus is a vital element both in living matter and in the Earth's crust. The human body
contains about 1% by weight of the element phosphorus, about 4/5 of this being present as …

This article describes advances made over the past 3 years in anion recognition using
coordination complexes, with a specific focus on dimetallic architectures that utilize a …

The development of synthetic agents able to hydrolytically cleave DNA with high efficiency
and selectivity is a fascinating challenge that will show the way to obtaining artificial …

Two new 1, 2, 3-triazolyl-containing N4-tetradentate ligands show nanomolar affinity for
Zn2+ under physiological conditions. Furthermore, they are easily derivatizable to afford …

Metal complexes with open coordination sites have found wide use in molecular recognition.
They serve as binding sites in the development of chemosensors, 1 to study metalloenzyme …

A symmetrical macrocyclic dizinc (II) complex (1) has been synthesized by using the ligand
(L 1)[μ-11, 24-dimethyl-4, 7, 16, 19-tetraoxa-3, 8, 15, 20-tetraazatricyclo-[20.3. 1.110, 13] …

The selective hydrolysis of the extremely stable phosphoester, peptide and ester bonds of
molecules by bio-inspired metal-based catalysts (metallohydrolases) is required in a wide …

Zinc plays an important role in biological processes. It is implicated in many diseases,
including those affecting the brain. Imaging zinc is becoming crucial to the elucidation of zinc …

Molecular photophysics and metal coordination chemistry are the two fundamental pillars
that support the development of fluorescent cation indicators. In this article, we describe how …

From a mononuclear Cu (II)-hydrazone complex [Cu (PBH) 2](1), one μ1, 1-azido bridged
dinuclear Cu (II) complex having the formula [{Cu (PBH)(μ1, 1-NNN)} 2](2)(where HPBH= 2 …