Bottom-up assembly of multicomponent coordination-based oligomers

Transition metal complexes allow a high degree of molecular design flexibility through symmetry considerations and ligand architecture, which can be explored for the fabrication of ordered multilayer assemblies through bottom-up approach. Here we describe the preparation of such assemblies, viz. mul...

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Main Authors: Mondal, Prakash Chandra (Author) , Jeyachandran, Yekkoni Lakshmanan (Author) , Hamoudi, Hicham (Author) , Zharnikov, Michael (Author) , Gupta, Tarkeshwar (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 28 July 2011
In: The journal of physical chemistry. C, Energy, materials, and catalysis
Year: 2011, Volume: 115, Issue: 33, Pages: 16398-16404
ISSN:1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/jp201339p
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp201339p
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Author Notes:Prakash Chandra Mondal, Jeyachandran Yekkoni Lakshmanan, Hicham Hamoudi, Michael Zharnikov, and Tarkeshwar Gupta
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Summary:Transition metal complexes allow a high degree of molecular design flexibility through symmetry considerations and ligand architecture, which can be explored for the fabrication of ordered multilayer assemblies through bottom-up approach. Here we describe the preparation of such assemblies, viz. multicomponent coordination-based oligomer films on siloxane-based templates by wet-chemical layer-by-layer deposition process. In these films we combined optically rich iron and ruthenium polypyridyl complexes having pendant pyridine groups (so-called metallo-ligands) and a coinage metal (copper or silver) that acted as a linker between the polypyridyl complex moieties. The properties and structural parameters of the primary template and the oligomer films were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, spectroscopic ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy, and contact angle goniometry. A linear increase in the film thickness upon addition of every next layer suggests that the long-range order of the system is determined by the octahedral structure of the metallo-ligand and square-pyramidal/tetrahedral geometry of the coinage metal linker. Spectroscopic data indicate the existence of electronic communication throughout the individual metallo-organic chains.
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ISSN:1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/jp201339p