Open AccessMultifunctional Materials Based on Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives with Binding Sites for Metal Ions
Author(s) -
Silvia Dolder,
Shixia Liu,
Silvio Decurtins
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/000942906777674705
Subject(s) - tetrathiafulvalene , supramolecular chemistry , magnetism , superconductivity , nanotechnology , materials science , redox , metal ions in aqueous solution , combinatorial chemistry , metal , coordination complex , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and its derivatives are very well known as reversible, stable two-electron donors and they have found widespread use in the field of organic conductors and superconductors. Further, during the last decades, developments in synthetic TTF chemistry have enabled the use of TTF and its derivatives as versatile building blocks in new fields of materials and supramolecular chemistry. This brief review relates some recent advances that have been achieved by combining the redox and conducting properties of TTF with other functionalities, such as magnetism or optical properties. A variety of TTF-based ligand systems and their metal complexes are presented.