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Experimental and Computational Studies of the Single-Molecule Conductance of Ru(II) and Pt(II) trans-Bis(acetylide) Complexes

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  • Oday Al-Owaedi
  • David C. Milan
  • Marie-Christine Oerthel
  • Sören Bock
  • Dmitry S. Yufit
  • Judith A. K. Howard
  • Simon J. Higgins
  • Richard J. Nichols
  • Colin John Lambert
  • Martin R. Bryce
  • Paul J. Low
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>3/08/2016
<mark>Journal</mark>Organometallics
Issue number17
Volume35
Number of pages11
Pages (from-to)2944-2954
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The single-molecule conductance of metal complexes of the general forms trans-Ru(C≡CArC≡CY)2(dppe)2 and trans-Pt(C≡CArC≡CY)2(PPh3)2 (Ar = 1,4-C6H2-2,5-(OC6H13)2; Y = 4-C5H4N, 4-C6H4SMe) have been determined using the STM I(s) technique. The complexes display high conductance (Y = 4-C5H4N, M = Ru (0.4 ± 0.18 nS), Pt (0.8 ± 0.5 nS); Y = 4-C6H5SMe, M = Ru (1.4 ± 0.4 nS), Pt (1.8 ± 0.6 nS)) for molecular structures of ca. 3 nm in length, which has been attributed to transport processes arising from tunneling through the tails of LUMO states.