NJC is delighted to present this month’s themed issue on Molecular Materials (MOLMAT2010), guest-edited by Prof. Joulia Larionova and Dr. Yannick Guari.
This themed issue of NJC, arising from the 4th edition of the MOLMAT Conference held in Montpellier (France) during July 2010, reflects the variety of approaches and methods used for the synthesis, studies of properties, modeling and processing of smart molecular materials.
The twenty-four articles in this issue, including 2 Perspective reviews, 5 Letters and 17 full Papers, provide broad coverage of various aspects of systems relevant to Molecular Materials.
The Perspective review by Luis Carlos and colleagues on lanthanide-based luminescent molecular thermometers illustrates the outside front cover.
Lanthanide-based luminescent molecular thermometers, Carlos D. S. Brites, Patricia P. Lima, Nuno J. O. Silva, Angel Millán, Vitor S. Amaral, Fernando Palacio and Luís D. Carlos, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 1177-1183; DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ01010C, Perspective
A second Perspective by Jean-Claude Bünzli reviews the use of rare earths for functional materials.
Rare earths: jewels for functional materials of the future, Svetlana V. Eliseeva and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 1165-1176; DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00969E, Perspective
The inside front cover features the research of Juan Olguín and Sally Brooker on 3- and 5-formyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrazoles for the generation of asymmetric imine ligands and mixed metal polynuclear complexes.
Synthesis of 3- and 5-formyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrazoles: promising head units for the generation of asymmetric imine ligands and mixed metal polynuclear complexes, Juan Olguín and Sally Brooker, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 1242-1253; DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00774A, Paper
Take your pick amongst the several growing research fields making use of molecular materials that are part of this themed issue.
Profiles of 5 of this month’s authors will be posted shortly, so keep an eye out for these.
