“Green light” for Zn(II) mesogens

Zn(II) complexes of different geometries have been synthesized starting from hexacatenar 2,2′-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and their photophysical behaviour has been studied as a function of the temperature, starting from the solid state up to the isotropic liquid, in order to correlate the aggregation state to the luminescence properties.