title: A butadiyne-linked diruthenium molecular wire self-assembled on a gold electrode surface.
abstract: A 1,3-butadiyne-linked diruthenium complex 4 is successfully brought onto the gold surface in a lying flat mode to form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) showing reversible multiple redox behaviors on the electrode surface. The diruthenium species with different oxidation states, particularly the Ru(2)(III,III) state which is unstable and impossible to isolate from the solution, can be detected by in situ IR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China.
authors.forename: Li-Yi
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hua-Xin
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Hui-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Zhong-Ning
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uosaki
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki