We report on the structural design and characterization of a series of neutral heteroleptic iridium(III) complexes equipped with 2-phenylpyridine, 2-(naphthalen-1-yl)pyridine, and 1-phenylisoquinoline as cyclometalating ligands. To gradually increase the unsymmetrical architecture of the heteroleptic iridium(III) complexes, they have been furnished with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione, 1-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-5,5-dimethylhexane-2,4-dione, and 1-[3,6-bis(4-hexylphenyl)-9H-carbazol-9-yl]-5,5-dimethylhexane-2,4-dione as ancillary ligands. The photophysical and electrochemical properties of these asymmetric Ir III complexes have been investi-

The controlled polymerization of the unprotected, commercially available, 4-vinylphenylboronic acid (4-VBA) monomer is reported by nitroxide mediated polymerization. The glucose responsive pH window of poly(4-VBA) is reported based on turbidimetry. Finally, poly(4-VBA) polymeric pH sensors have been developed by the incorporation of solvatochromic dyes

Imidazolium salts react with HgO to give mono-NHC dihalomercury(II) complexes in acceptable yields. The solid-state structures of several examples were determined by X-ray diffraction. The complexes consist of monomeric (NHC)HgX2 units, which feature tricoordinated mercury atoms, a structural arrangement rarely found for mercury compounds.

We report a facile grafting-from strategy towards the synthesis of inorganic-organic composites of semiconductor nanocrystals and wide-bandgap polymers. Amino-functional fluorenes have been used as co-ligands for CdSe nanocrystals, thus enabling us to design their surface directly during the synthesis. Highly monodisperse, strongly emitting CdSe nanocrystals have been obtained. Subsequently, a straightforward Yamamoto C-C coupling protocol was used to carry out surface polymerisation, hence modifying CdSe nanocrystals with oligo-and poly(fluorene) moieties. Both amino-fluorene capped CdSe nanocrystals and the resulting nanocrystal-polymer composites were characterized in detail by optical and FT-IR spectroscopy, TEM, AFM, and gel permeation chromatography, showing their potential as novel functional inorganic-organic hybrid materials.

The design, synthesis, photophysical and significantly improved electrooptical properties of a series of red emitting cyclometalated iridium(iii) complexes containing carbazolyl-acetylacetonate ligands are described.