Issue 30, 2013
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Importance of alkyl chain-length on the self-assembly of new Ni(qdt)2 complexes and charge transport properties†

Xiong-Bo Yang,a   Li Zhou,a   Long-Biao Huang,a   Jia-Ju Xu,a   Ye Zhou,a   Su-Ting Han,a   Zong-Xiang Xu,b   Victor C. Y. Lau,c   Micheal Hon-Wah Lam,d   Wai-Yeung Wonge  and  V. A. L. Roy*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR
E-mail: val.roy@cityu.edu.hk

b Department of Chemistry, South University of Science and Technology of China, ShenZhen, GuangDong, P. R. China

c Knowledge Transfer Office, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR

d Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR

e Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Advanced Materials, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR

Abstract

A series of ionic complexes composed with ([Ni(qdt)2]2−) and alkyl substituted asymmetric viologen derivatives (AV+) as cations have been synthesized and characterized. A slight change in the length of the alkyl chain of AV+ alters the cation–anion packing and leads to different charge transport properties of these complexes. Here, we establish a structure–property relationship of Ni(qdt)2 complexes by structurally modifying the cations.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA41633J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Apr 2013
Accepted
17 May 2013
First published
21 May 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 12075-12079

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Importance of alkyl chain-length on the self-assembly of new Ni(qdt)2 complexes and charge transport properties

X. Yang, L. Zhou, L. Huang, J. Xu, Y. Zhou, S. Han, Z. Xu, V. C. Y. Lau, M. Hon-Wah Lam, W. Wong and V. A. L. Roy, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 12075 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA41633J

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