Unusual luminescent octanuclear stellate platinacycle self-assembled by Pt-Ag bonds.
An unprecedented macrocyclic luminescent octanuclear cluster cyclo-[{Pt(C6Cl5)2(mu-OH)(mu-Ag)}4] (Pt-Ag) 2 was self-assembled by the formation of Pt(II)-Ag(I) bonds; the optical properties of this complex were also investigated.
Metal-rich organometallics.
The scope of organometallics has recently been expanded considerably, when researchers have started to employ these compounds in the context of materials chemistry. Traditionally, organometallic complexes have been and continue to be important tools for many (catalytic) chemical transformations. This perspective highlights how metal-rich organometallics, that is compounds with more than one type of metal, can play an important role in the advancement of new value-added functional materials.
Religion, Law and Society
Issues concerning religion in the public sphere are rarely far from the headlines. As a result, scholars have paid increasing attention to religion. These scholars, however, have generally stayed within the confines of their own respective disciplines. To date there has been little contact between lawyers and sociologists. Religion, Law and Society explores whether, how and why law and religion should interact with the sociology of religion. It examines sociological and legal materials concerning religion in order to find out what lawyers and sociologists can learn from each other. A groundbreaking, provocative and thought-provoking book, it is essential reading for lawyers, sociologists and all who are interested in the relationship between religion, law and society in the twenty-first century.