Adamantane-type clusters: The multitalented architecture
Adamantane-based compounds of the general formula [(RT)4E6] (R: organic substituent; T: group 14 atom C, Si, Ge, Sn; E: chalcogenide atom S, Se, Te or CH2) have recently attracted the attention of the scientific community due to their strong non-linear optical properties, resulting either in second harmonic generation or in an unprecedented type of highly-directed white-light generation. Due to peculiar modifications leading to increased robustness and reversible melting behavior, cluster glasses can be synthesized, that form a conceptually new basis for their use in light conversion devices. Yet, this is only one of the manifold applications of adamantane-type compounds. A survey of all known adamantane-cluster classes of and their respective synthetic access as well as their optical properties is given in DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01136H.
