title: Ruthenium-Amine Conjugated Organometallic Materials for Multistate Near-IR Electrochromism and Information Storage.
abstract: Monometallic and dimetallic complexes with the ruthenium-amine conjugated structural unit have been prepared. These complexes display consecutive redox waves with low potentials and rich and intense absorptions in the near-infrared region. The electrochemical and spectroscopic properties can be modulated using substituents or auxiliary ligands with different electronic natures. Through simple functionalization, electropolymerized or monolayer thin films of these complexes have been prepared. These films display multistate near-infrared electrochromism with good contrast ratios and long optical retention times. In addition, flip-flop and flip-flap-flop memories have been demonstrated on the basis of these thin films.
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
authors: Jian-Hong
authors: JH
authors: Tang
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
authors: Chang-Jiang
authors: CJ
authors: Yao
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
authors: Bin-Bin
authors: BB
authors: Cui
authors: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
authors: Yu-Wu
authors: YW
authors: Zhong
keywords: electrochemistry; molecular devices; molecular logic; ruthenium; thin films