Volume 126, Issue 42 pp. 11410-11413
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Electrical Network of Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanoclusters Wired by π-Molecules

Dr. Ryo Tsunashima

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Dr. Ryo Tsunashima

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 753 8512 (Japan)

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Yoshifumi Iwamoto

Yoshifumi Iwamoto

Department of Biology and Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 753 8512 (Japan)

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Yusuke Baba

Yusuke Baba

Department of Biology and Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 753 8512 (Japan)

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Chisato Kato

Chisato Kato

Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

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Katsuya Ichihashi

Katsuya Ichihashi

Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

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Dr. Sadafumi Nishihara

Dr. Sadafumi Nishihara

Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

Institute for Advanced Materials Research, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530 (Japan)

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Prof. Katsuya Inoue

Prof. Katsuya Inoue

Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

Institute for Advanced Materials Research, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530 (Japan)

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Prof. Katsuya Ishiguro

Prof. Katsuya Ishiguro

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 753 8512 (Japan)

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Prof. Yu-Fei Song

Prof. Yu-Fei Song

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing (P. R. China)

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Prof. Tomoyuki Akutagawa

Prof. Tomoyuki Akutagawa

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan)

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First published: 31 July 2014
Citations: 9

This work was partly supported by the cooperative research program of the Network Joint Research Centre for Materials and Devices of Japan and Grant-in-Aid for Science Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

Abstract

In a mixed-valence polyoxometalate, electrons are usually delocalized within the cluster anion because of low level of inter-cluster interaction. Herein, we report the structure and electrical properties of a single crystal in which mixed-valence polyoxometalates were electrically wired by cationic π-molecules of tetrathiafulvalene substituted with pyridinium. Electron-transport characteristics are suggested to represent electron hopping through strong interactions between cluster and cationic π-molecules.

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