Synthetic and theoretical studies of metal complexes containing carbon-rich ligands

我所在的小组之前与法国雷恩第一大学的合成和理论化学小组一起进行的研究，描绘了一系列含有连接两个金属中心的碳链的络合物的性质。在部分了解了通过碳链实现金属中心之间良好电子通信的特征之后，本提案试图将这种合作扩展到进一步的研究，这些研究将通过使用存在两个或多个不同金属中心的化合物来产生可能发生实际电子交换的相关化合物，即导致氧化/还原。这可能会导致纳米器件的发展，例如分子级开关。如果其中一个中心被光激活，可能会产生一个光敏传感器。

Previous studies in my group, in conjunction with synthetic and theoretical chemistry groups at the Université de Rennes 1, France, have delineated the properties of a series of complexes containing carbon chains linking two metal centres. Having achieved a partial understanding of the features which result in good electronic communication between the metal centres via the carbon chain, the present proposal seeks to extend this collaboration to further studies which will generate related compounds in which actual eletron exchange can occur, i.e. leading to oxidation/reduction, by using compounds in which two or more different metal centres are present. This may lead to development of nano devices, e.g. molecular-scale switches. If one of the centres is activated by light, a photo-active sensor may result.