Studies of hybrid organic–inorganic [2] and [3]rotaxanes bound to Au surfaces

Harapriya Rath; Grigore A. Timco; Valdis Corradini; Alberto Ghirri; Umberto del Pennino; Antonio Fernandez; Robin G. Pritchard; Christopher A. Muryn; Marco Affronte; Richard E. P. Winpenny

doi:10.1039/C3CC38699F

Studies of hybrid organic–inorganic [2] and [3]rotaxanes bound to Au surfaces†

Harapriya Rath,^a Grigore A. Timco,^a Valdis Corradini,^b Alberto Ghirri,^c Umberto del Pennino,^b Antonio Fernandez,^a Robin G. Pritchard,^a Christopher A. Muryn,^a Marco Affronte*^b and Richard E. P. Winpenny*^a

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^a School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
E-mail: richard.winpenny@manchester.ac.uk

^b Institute Nanoscience-CNR, S3 Centre and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy

^c Institute Nanoscience-CNR, S3 Centre and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy

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Hybrid organic–inorganic [2]- and [3]rotaxanes have been synthesised, and their ability to bind to Au surfaces studied; the length of the tethering group is found to control how the supramolecular assembly binds to the surface and we find that [2]rotaxanes show improved stability over previous studies of simple inorganic rings.

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Studies of hybrid organic–inorganic [2] and [3]rotaxanes bound to Au surfaces†

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