Modulating the electron-transfer properties of a mixed-valence system through host-guest chemistry.

ABSTRACT: Metal directed self-assembly has become a much-studied route towards complex molecular architectures. Although studies on mixed valence, MV, systems accessible through this approach are almost non-existent, the potential applications of such systems are very exciting as MV states provide the basis of a number of molecular-scale devices, including single electron wires and switches. Furthermore, while many novel hosts for guest ions and molecules have been developed through metal directed self-assembly, as these products tend to be kinetically labile, very few electrochemical studies have been reported. Herein, we report that the interplay between the binding properties and redox activity of a self-assembled trinuclear Ru^II macrocycle leads to an hitherto unreported phenomenon, i

SUBMITTER: Zubi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5811089 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature