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Polynuclear Silver(I) Triazole Complexes: Ion Conduction and Nanowire Formation in the Mesophase
Author(s) -
Su Padi Y. S.,
Hsu S. J.,
Tseng Jing C. W.,
Hsu HsiuFu,
Wang WenJwu,
Lin Ivan J. B.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201502823
Subject(s) - mesophase , chemistry , thermal decomposition , triazole , monomer , ion , polymer chemistry , 1,2,4 triazole , inorganic chemistry , crystallography , phase (matter) , organic chemistry , polymer
Examples of polynuclear metallomesogens are few. Herein,1,2,4‐triazole ligands were used to prepare mono‐ and polynuclear silver(I) triazole metallomesogens. Besides showing an SmA phase in the mesophase, two interesting properties were observed. First, higher ion conductivity is always found for the polynuclear complexes than for the mononuclear complexes with the same anion, an observation contrary to the knowledge that migration of a monomeric cation should be faster than that of a polymeric cation. Second, thermolysis of the polynuclear silver(I) triazole complexes in the assembled mesophase yielded Ag nanowires, in an excellent demonstration of the assembled nature of the polynuclear silver(I) ions in the thermolysis process.