Two luminescent ruthenium complexes containing tripod-type end groups linked through a rigid spacer to a phenanthroline derivative, able to confer an axial geometry to the complexes, are described. One of the compounds is functionalized with thioacetate groups in order to link the metal complex to metallic surfaces. The photophysical and electrochemical behavior of the complexes are studied in solution and on conductive substrates and, furthermore, self-assembled monolayers are investigated in a junction using gold and an indium gallium eutectic, as electrodes, and by time-resolved confocal microscopy. The results show that the complexes form very stable and well-ordered monolayers because of the tripod system, which can anchor the complex almost perpendicular to the surfaces.
Luminescent ruthenium tripod complexes : Properties in solution and on conductive surfaces / S. Ramachandra, K.C. Schuermann, F. Edafe, P. Belser, C.A. Nijhuis, W.F. Reus, G.M. Whitesides, L. De Cola. - In: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0020-1669. - 50:5(2011), pp. 1581-1591. [10.1021/ic1002868]
Luminescent ruthenium tripod complexes : Properties in solution and on conductive surfaces
L. De Cola
2011
Abstract
Two luminescent ruthenium complexes containing tripod-type end groups linked through a rigid spacer to a phenanthroline derivative, able to confer an axial geometry to the complexes, are described. One of the compounds is functionalized with thioacetate groups in order to link the metal complex to metallic surfaces. The photophysical and electrochemical behavior of the complexes are studied in solution and on conductive substrates and, furthermore, self-assembled monolayers are investigated in a junction using gold and an indium gallium eutectic, as electrodes, and by time-resolved confocal microscopy. The results show that the complexes form very stable and well-ordered monolayers because of the tripod system, which can anchor the complex almost perpendicular to the surfaces.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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