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High Resolution Physical Characterization of Single Metallic Nanoparticles
Published on: June 28, 2019
Two-step insertion/release of electrolytic cations in redox-active hydrogen-bonding nanoporous coordination crystals
Makoto Tadokoro1, Ryota Nishimura1, Hajime Kamebuchi2
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan. tadokoro@rs.tus.ac.jp.
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Solid-state cyclic voltammetry (CV) of redox-active H-bonding {[RuIII(Hbim)3]}n (1) 1-D nanoporous crystals was performed using single crystals in MeCN solutions containing seven electrolyte cations with different effective ionic radii (EIRs). Two cations must be included to every nanochannel unit in {[RuIIRuII]2-} reductive states by a two-step and multi-electron transfer reaction through the {[RuIIIRuII]-} mixed-valency state. This study is the first to use solid-state CV to determine the EIR limitation of cations confinable in these crystals.
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