Neutral complexes of first row transition metals bearing unbound thiocyanates and their assembly on metallic surfaces

…, L Cheng, MP Stewart, LH Yu, D Natelson…

Index: Ciszek, Jacob W.; Keane, Zachary K.; Cheng, Long; Stewart, Michael P.; Yu, Lam H.; Natelson, Douglas; Tour, James M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006 , vol. 128, # 10 p. 3179 - 3189

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Abstract

A series of transition metal coordination complexes designed to assemble on gold surfaces was synthesized, their electronic structure and transitions analyzed, and their magnetic properties studied. By taking advantage of recently developed thiocyanate assembly protocols, these molecules were then assembled onto a gold surface, without the need for an inert atmosphere, to give a loosely packed monolayer. The assembled molecules ...