Photophysical and Antimicrobial Study of N,N'-Bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine Schiff Base Metal Complexes (M = Zn(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Cr(II), Fe(III), V(IV), Cu(II), Pd(II))
This study synthesizes and characterizes a series of N,N'-Bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine Schiff base metal complexes with various transition metals, revealing that metal coordination enhances crystallinity and photoluminescence (notably for Ni and Zn) while significantly improving antimicrobial activity, with Pd and Cu complexes showing the strongest antibacterial and antifungal effects, respectively.