Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coordination and organometallic complexes as second-order nonlinear optical molecular materials / S. Di Bella ... [et al.] -- NLO molecules and materials based on organometallics: cubic NLO properties / M. Humphrey, M. Cifuentes and M. Samoc -- Luminescent platinum compounds: from molecules to OLEDs / L. Murphy and J. Williams -- Luminescent iridium complexes and their applications / Z. Liu, Z. Bian and C. Huang -- Chromo- and fluorogenic organometallic sensors / N. Fletcher and M. Lagunas -- Metal complexes featuring photochromic ligands / V. Guerchais and H. Le Bozec.