Issue 40, 2018

Metal bis(acetylide) complex molecular wires: concepts and design strategies

Abstract

The past decade has seen a remarkable surge in studies of thin-film and single-molecule electronics, due in no small part to the development and advancement of experimental methods for the construction and measurement of metal|molecule|metal junctions. Within the plethora of molecular structures that have been investigated, metal complexes of general form trans-M(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CR)2(Ln) have attracted attention from the inorganic and organometallic chemistry community in the search for efficient molecular wires due to the potential π–d–π orbital mixing along the molecular backbone. In this article progress towards this goal will be summarised, and design strategies for future molecular components discussed.

Graphical abstract: Metal bis(acetylide) complex molecular wires: concepts and design strategies

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
23 may 2018
Accepted
18 iyn 2018
First published
19 iyn 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 14125-14138

Metal bis(acetylide) complex molecular wires: concepts and design strategies

D. C. Milan, A. Vezzoli, I. J. Planje and P. J. Low, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 14125 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT02103A

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