title: Metal Complexes with Azolate-Functionalized Multidentate Ligands: Tactical Designs and Optoelectronic Applications.
abstract: This review is aimed at updating the recent development on the metal complexes bearing azolate-containing chelates that have received a growing attention from both the industrial and academic sectors. Particular emphasis is given to the luminescent metal complexes, for which tridentate and multidentate bonding interactions give rise to both higher ligand field strength and better rigidity versus their bidentate counterparts-consequently, this is beneficial to the chemical stability and emission efficiency needed for applications such as organic light-emitting diodes and bio-imaging. Their basic designs involve chelates, such as monoanionic 6-azolyl 2,2'-bipyridine, dianionic 2,6-diazolylpyridine, and 2-azolyl-6-phenylpyridine, and the core metal ion spanning from main group elements, such as GaIIIand InIII, to the late transition metal ions such as RuII, OsII, IrIII, and PtIIand even the lanthanides. Furthermore, the great versatility of these azolate chelates for assembling the robust and emissive metal complexes, provides bright prospect in future optoelectronic investigations.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Low Carbon Energy Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
authors: Chin-Wei
authors: CW
authors: Lu
authors: Department of Chemistry and Low Carbon Energy Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Chemistry and Low Carbon Energy Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
authors: Yun
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8441-3974
authors: Y
authors: Chi
keywords: N ligands; bio-imaging; chelates; cyclometalation; organic light-emitting diodes; phosphorescence