LATEST PROGRESS ON LUMINESCENT HOMO- AND HETEROPOLYMETALLIC METALLOMESOGENS BASED ON d-BLOCK METAL COMPLEXES

Abstract

Luminescent liquid crystalline metal complexes are attractive multifunctional materials due to their great
potential of applicability in a wide range of domains from technological to medical fields. This review is focused on the
luminescent homo– and hetero–polymetallic metallomesogens containing d-block metal ions and different mono and
polydentate ligands published in the last ten years highlighting their ability to self-assembly in ordered lamellar or
columnar phases according to their molecular structure. The luminescent properties in solution, solid and liquid
crystalline states are also discussed