Polynuclear complexes, transition metal

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In the last few years a great number of polynuclear transition metal complexes have been synthesized. Such compounds usually have well-defined composition and, in several cases, present a modular structure since they can contain repetitive metal-based components and/or spacers made of repetitive units. Research in the field of polynuclear transition metal complexes can give an important contribution to the development of modular chemistry and to the bottom-up design of nanostructures. ... 

When interaction between the metal-based components is weak, polynuclear transition metal complexes belong to the field of supramolecular chemistry. At the roots of supramolecular chemistry is the concept that supramolecular species have the potential to achieve much more elaborated tasks than simple molecular components while a molecular component can be involved in simple acts, supramolecular species can performIn other words, supramolecular species have the potentiality to behave as molecular devices. Particularly interesting molecular devices are those which use light to achieve their functions. Molecular devices which perform light-induced functions are called photochemical molecular devices (PMD). Luminescent and redox-active polynuclear complexes as those described in this chapter can play a role as PMDs operating by photoinduced energy and electron transfer processes. ... 

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