Coordination Ladder Polymers: Helical Metal Strings
Journal
Ladder Polymers: Synthesis, Properties, Applications, and Perspectives
Pages
349
ISBN
9783527833306
Date Issued
2023-01-01
Author(s)
Abstract
This chapter presents the beautiful nature of the helical architecture of metal-string complexes that build a ladder in the form of a spiral staircase. The recent developments of extended metal-atom chains (EMACs) from homonuclear to heteronuclear metal-string complexes (HMSCs) in the aspects of syntheses, crystallography, multinuclear metal–metal bonds, magnetism, and computer modeling will be reviewed. The new generation of metal-string complexes is supported by the designed ligands of naphthyl groups that are crucial because of the upgrade of the chain length and single-molecule conductance. Studies extending from single molecules to coordination polymers (CPs), the potentially conductive materials that are the building blocks of metal-string complexes, are reviewed and collectively presented. In addition, the preparations of known enantiopure metal-string complexes from their stereoisomers are summarized. Finally, an overview of the conductance of these complexes is reviewed as they possess excellent single-molecule conductance and have developed as the new emerging nanomaterials.
Subjects
Coordination ladder polymer | Extended metal‐atom chains (EMACs) | Heteronuclear metal‐string complexes (HMSCs) | Metal‐string complexes | Metal‐string stereoisomers | Metal–metal bond | Molecular wire | Single‐molecular conductance
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Type
book part