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• Selective C-H bond functionalization of Ar-H (or het-Ar-H) or rather challenging simple, aliphatic C(sp3)-H bonds

• Small molecule (e.g, green house gas CO2, N2O ) functionalization for fuels and fine chemicals

• Green and sustainable chemistry

• Renewable energy

• Earth-abundant metals/elements in catalysis

• Heteroatom doped pi-conjugated luminescent materials