The spontaneous self-organization of matters has always been one of the most fascinating
wonders in the world. Self-assembly refers to “the autonomous organization of components …

In 1967 Pederson reported the synthesis of macrocyclic crown ethers and their ability to
selectively bind alkali and alkaline earth ions, 1, 2 and since then supramolecular …

Research on conducting and semiconducting solids has become one of the fashionable
subjects in the field of physics for the last four or five decades partly because of the …

Abstract Solid-state-lighting (SSL) technologies are gradually replacing conventional
lighting sources due to their advantages in energy efficiency and reduced environmental …

Inorganic chemistry became a passion for me as a graduate student in the 1950s. It was
exciting to be part of the renaissance of the discipline, and I am pleased to have contributed …

Structurally precise copper hydrides [Cu11H2 {S2P (O i Pr) 2} 6 (C≡ CR) 3], R= Ph (1),
C6H4F (2), and C6H4OMe (3), were first synthesized from the polyhydrido copper cluster …

This review describes the coordination chemistry of selenium containing ligands, namely,
diselenophosphates [(RO) 2PSe2, dsep], diselenophosphonates [(R)(RO) PSe2, dsepo] …

The complexes,[Cu {EC5H3 (R-3) N}] 4 (E/R= Se/Me or Te/R; R= H or Me) were isolated by
the reaction between CuCl and NaEC5H3 (R-3) N and were characterized by elemental …

Inverse coordination is the formation of metal complexes in which the arrangement of
acceptor and donor sites is opposite to that occurring in conventional coordination …

Reaction of [Cu (CH3CN) 4](PF6) and NH4 [S2P (OR) 2] in a 4: 3 ratio in acetone at room
temperature produces octanuclear dicationic copper complexes [Cu8 {S2P (OR) 2} 6](PF6) 2 …