Direct Observation of Redox Reaction of Self-Assembled Trinuclear Ruthenium Complexes on a Au(111) Surface

摘要

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have been the focus of much research effort over the past decades. The ability to deliberately manipulate and control the chemical and electronic properties of a surface directs to wide ranging applications in fields such as biology, electronics, and catalysis. Variable inorganic and organometallic complexes with interesting properties have been used to modify electrode surface. Among them, we are interested in novel SAMs based on transition-metal multinuclear complexes with well-defined multistep redox and reactivity properties.