Abstract
Recent progress in the synthesis of liquid crystals containing silver is reported and compared. The new silver(I) argentogens are grouped according to the organic ligands coordinated and the related coordination geometries, with an emphasis on the luminescence properties.
Acknowledgements
Financial support received from the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), the Italian PRIN2008, funding no. 2008F3734A003, is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks also to Elisabeta I. Szerb for her help for the graphic contents of the paper and to Alessandra Crispini for reading the manuscript critically.