Development of Metallomesogenic Route to One-Dimensional Conductors

这项研究由Williams学院Lee Park教授的实验室进行，由研究计划资助的无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目资助。钌的液晶配合物将用吡啶配体来获得结晶度。然后，这些金属生成复合物将用作一维导体的构建块。首先，两个混合价配合物的共结晶将作为导体进行试验。一维导电材料的带隙和导电性将被研究。成功地将过渡金属配合物排列成液晶阵列可以使这些材料铺成薄膜，从而在电路中充当分子线。

This research in the laboratory of Professor Lee Park at the Williams College is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program under a Research Planning Grant. Liquid crystalline complexes of ruthenium will be prepared using pyridine ligands to confer the crystallinity. These metallomesogenic complexes will then be used as building blocks for one-dimensional conductors. Initially, cocrystallization of two mixed-valent complexes will be tried as a conductor. One-dimensional conducting materials will be investigated as to their bandgap and conductivity. Successfully aligning transition metal complexes into liquid crystalline arrays may allow these materials to be laid down in thin films so as to serve as molecular wires in circuits.