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Ultrahigh Density Array of Vertically Aligned Small-molecular Organic Nanowires on Arbitrary Substrates
Published on: June 18, 2013
Electrical network of single-crystalline metal oxide nanoclusters wired by π-molecules
Ryo Tsunashima1, Yoshifumi Iwamoto, Yusuke Baba
1Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 753 8512 (Japan). ryotsuna@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
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.
