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Electrical Network of Single‐Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanoclusters Wired by π‐Molecules
Author(s) -
Tsunashima Ryo,
Iwamoto Yoshifumi,
Baba Yusuke,
Kato Chisato,
Ichihashi Katsuya,
Nishihara Sadafumi,
Inoue Katsuya,
Ishiguro Katsuya,
Song YuFei,
Akutagawa Tomoyuki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201406223
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , polyoxometalate , delocalized electron , cluster (spacecraft) , tetrathiafulvalene , molecule , cationic polymerization , valence (chemistry) , materials science , valence electron , ion , metal , chemical physics , electron , crystallography , pyridinium , oxide , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , polymer chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , medicinal chemistry , computer science , programming language , catalysis , metallurgy
In a mixed‐valence polyoxometalate, electrons are usually delocalized within the cluster anion because of low level of inter‐cluster interaction. Herein, we report the structure and electrical properties of a single crystal in which mixed‐valence polyoxometalates were electrically wired by cationic π‐molecules of tetrathiafulvalene substituted with pyridinium. Electron‐transport characteristics are suggested to represent electron hopping through strong interactions between cluster and cationic π‐molecules.