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T1 - Synthesis and Single-Molecule Conductance Study of Redox-Active Ruthenium Complexes with Pyridyl and Dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene Anchoring Groups
AU - Ozawa, Hiroaki
AU - Baghernejad, Masoud
AU - Al-Owaedi, Oday
AU - Kaliginedi, Veerabhadrarao
AU - Nagashima, Takumi
AU - Ferrer, Jamie
AU - Wandlowski, Thomas
AU - Garcia-Suarez, Victor Manuel
AU - Broekmann, Peter
AU - Lambert, Colin John
AU - Haga, Masa-aki
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: H. Ozawa, M. Baghernejad, O. A. Al-Owaedi, V. Kaliginedi, T. Nagashima, J. Ferrer, T. Wandlowski, V. M. García-Suárez, P. Broekmann, C. J. Lambert, M.-a. Haga, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 12732 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.201600616abstract This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2016/8/26
Y1 - 2016/8/26
N2 - The ancillary ligands 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine and 4′-(2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene)-2,2′-6′,2“-terpyridine were used to synthesize two series of mono- and dinuclear ruthenium complexes differing in their lengths and anchoring groups. The electrochemical and single-molecular conductance properties of these two series of ruthenium complexes were studied experimentally by means of cyclic voltammetry and the scanning tunneling microscopy-break junction technique (STM-BJ) and theoretically by means of density functional theory (DFT). Cyclic voltammetry data showed clear redox peaks corresponding to both the metal- and ligand-related redox reactions. Single-molecular conductance demonstrated an exponential decay of the molecular conductance with the increase in molecular length for both the series of ruthenium complexes, with decay constants of βPY=2.07±0.1 nm−1 and βBT=2.16±0.1 nm−1, respectively. The contact resistance of complexes with 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene (BT) anchoring groups is found to be smaller than the contact resistance of ruthenium complexes with pyridine (PY) anchors. DFT calculations support the experimental results and provided additional information on the electronic structure and charge transport properties in those metal|ruthenium complex|metal junctions.
AB - The ancillary ligands 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine and 4′-(2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene)-2,2′-6′,2“-terpyridine were used to synthesize two series of mono- and dinuclear ruthenium complexes differing in their lengths and anchoring groups. The electrochemical and single-molecular conductance properties of these two series of ruthenium complexes were studied experimentally by means of cyclic voltammetry and the scanning tunneling microscopy-break junction technique (STM-BJ) and theoretically by means of density functional theory (DFT). Cyclic voltammetry data showed clear redox peaks corresponding to both the metal- and ligand-related redox reactions. Single-molecular conductance demonstrated an exponential decay of the molecular conductance with the increase in molecular length for both the series of ruthenium complexes, with decay constants of βPY=2.07±0.1 nm−1 and βBT=2.16±0.1 nm−1, respectively. The contact resistance of complexes with 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene (BT) anchoring groups is found to be smaller than the contact resistance of ruthenium complexes with pyridine (PY) anchors. DFT calculations support the experimental results and provided additional information on the electronic structure and charge transport properties in those metal|ruthenium complex|metal junctions.
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201600616
DO - 10.1002/chem.201600616
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 12732
EP - 12740
JO - Chemistry - A European Journal
JF - Chemistry - A European Journal
SN - 0947-6539
IS - 36
ER -