Electrochromic bis(terpyridine)metal complex nanosheets.

A series of electrochromic metal complex nanosheets comprising 1,3,5-tris(4-(2,2':6',2″-terpyridyl)phenyl)benzene or 1,3,5-tris((2,2':6',2″-terpyridyl)ethynyl)benzene and Fe(2+) or Co(2+) was synthesized. The preparation of multilayered nanosheets was achieved by liquid/liquid interfacial synthesis using an organic ligand solution and an aqueous metal-ion solution. The resultant nanosheet had a flat, smooth morphology and was several hundreds of nanometers thick.

Electron transport dynamics in redox-molecule-terminated branched oligomer wires on Au(111).

Dendritic bis(terpyridine)iron(II) wires with terminal ferrocene units were synthesized on a Au(111) surface by stepwise coordination using a three-way terpyridine ligand, a ferrocene-modified terpyridine ligand, and Fe(II) ions. Potential-step chronoamperometry, which applied overpotentials to induce the redox of the terminal ferrocene, revealed an unusual electron-transport phenomenon. The current-time profile did not follow an exponential decay that is common for linear molecular wire systems.

Orthogonal bis(terpyridine)-Fe(II) metal complex oligomer wires on a tripodal scaffold: rapid electron transport.

The present work reports a tripodal scaffold for bis(terpyridine)-Fe(II) oligomer wires on an Au(111) surface: the tripodal scaffold realised both orthogonality of the oligomer wires, and fast interfacial electron transfer through the oligomer wires.

Terminal redox-site effect on the long-range electron conduction of Fe(tpy)2 oligomer wires on a gold electrode.

This article completes our comprehensive understanding of the electron transport properties of our original π-conjugated redox-active molecular wires comprising Fe bridged by p-phenylene linkers (tpy=2,2':6',2''-terpyridine). The Fe(tpy)2 oligomer wires comprise three types of tpy ligands: the anchor tpy ligand (A series) makes a junction between the wire and electrode, the bridging bis-tpy ligand (L series) connects the Fe(tpy)2 units, and the terminal tpy ligand (T series) possesses a redox site as a probe for the long-range electron transport ability. Taking advantage of the precise tunability of the composition of the Fe(tpy)2 oligomer wires, thus far we investigated how A and L impacted on the electron-transport ability.