The Marriage of Terpyridines and Inorganic Nanoparticles: Synthetic Aspects, Characterization Techniques and Potential Applications

Winter, Andreas; Höppener, Stephanie; Newkome, George R.; Schubert, Ulrich S.
Abstract:
Terpyridines represent versatile functional supramolecular building blocks that are easily integrated in numerous devices and can readily modify surfaces. In particular, redox-active complexes with terpyridine ligands have been attached to surfaces, either by covalent or non-covalent interactions, and form highly ordered mono- or multilayer systems, since electronic and charge transport properties are major topics of interest. Their applications in nanoelectronics are a driving force for understanding and enabling the utilization of the supramolecular properties of terpyridines for surface modifi cation. This area of research has received increasing attention during the last decade leading into the supramacromolecular regime. This Progress Report presents an overview of the state-of-the-art of surface modifi cations utilizing terpyridine systems and highlights main results, as well as modern trends, in this research area.
Year:
2011
Type of Publication:
Article
Journal:
Advanced Materials
Volume:
23
Pages:
3484 - 3498