title: A redox-active radical as an effective nanoelectronic component: stability and electrochemical tunnelling spectroscopy in ionic liquids.
abstract: A redox-active persistent perchlorotriphenylmethyl (PTM) radical chemically linked to gold exhibits stable electrochemical activity in ionic liquids. Electrochemical tunnelling spectroscopy in this medium demonstrates that the PTM radical shows a highly effective redox-mediated current enhancement, demonstrating its applicability as an active nanometer-scale electronic component.
authors.affiliation: University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. rudnev@dcb.unibe.ch and Russian Academy of Sciences A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry RAS, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Rudnev
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and CIBER-BBN, Campus la Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. ncrivillers@icmab.es mmas@icmab.es cun@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and CIBER-BBN, Campus la Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. ncrivillers@icmab.es mmas@icmab.es cun@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Crivillers
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and CIBER-BBN, Campus la Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. ncrivillers@icmab.es mmas@icmab.es cun@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seber
authors.affiliation: Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF), Universidad del Pais Vasco CFM, CSIC-UPV/EHU-MPC & DIPC, Avenida Tolosa 72, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Droghetti
authors.affiliation: Materials Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rungger
authors.affiliation: University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. rudnev@dcb.unibe.ch.
authors.forename: Ilya V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Pobelov
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and CIBER-BBN, Campus la Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. ncrivillers@icmab.es mmas@icmab.es cun@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1023-9923
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Veciana
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and CIBER-BBN, Campus la Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. ncrivillers@icmab.es mmas@icmab.es cun@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mas-Torrent
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and CIBER-BBN, Campus la Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. ncrivillers@icmab.es mmas@icmab.es cun@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Concepció
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rovira