Molecular Machines in 3D and 2D Systems: Movement, Mechanical Work, and Switching. A Review

Kutsybala, Daria S.; Shokurov, Alexander V.; Selektor, S. L.

doi:10.1134/s2070205121050154

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“…The design of "smart" materials based on molecular switches seems to be a promising step towards the miniaturization of electronics components and the creation of new functional materials. At present, under the impact of the miniaturization idea, new types of molecular devices are being actively studied and elaborated [1][2][3][4][5][6]. From these standpoints, supramolecular systems based on transition metal complexes with redox-active ligands, which are capable of reversible redox-isomer switching due to intramolecular electron transfer, become one of the most interesting objects [7][8][9].…”

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“…Symmetry 2022, 14, 340 2 of 14 of molecular devices are being actively studied and elaborated [1][2][3][4][5][6]. From these standpoints, supramolecular systems based on transition metal complexes with redox-active ligands, which are capable of reversible redox-isomer switching due to intramolecular electron transfer, become one of the most interesting objects [7][8][9].…”

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Interface Asymmetry Induced and Surface Pressure Controlled Valence Tautomerism in Monolayers of bis-Phthalocyaninates of Lanthanides

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Supramolecular systems based on transition metal complexes capable of reversible redox isomerization due to intramolecular electron transfer are one of the most interesting objects from the viewpoint of molecular switches’ design. In the present work, a comparative analysis of valence transformation of lanthanide complexes (Sm, Er, Tm and Yb) with donor-substituted bis-phthalocyaninates occurring during the formation and compression–extension of Langmuir monolayers was carried out using data of UV–Vis–NIR spectroscopy. It is shown that the numerical values of the Q-band positions in the absorption spectra for the extended monolayers of the complexes under study depend linearly on the ionic radius of the metal center, if the metals have an oxidation state of +2. This makes it possible to draw a direct analogy between the behavior of the studied compounds and analogous europium and cerium complexes, for which direct evidence of the valence tautomerism in such planar systems was obtained earlier. This led to the conclusion that the intramolecular electron transfer from the phthalocyanine ligand to the central metal ion [Ln3+(R4Pc2‑)(R4Pc•−)]0 → [Ln2+(R4Pc•−)2]0 occurs when solutions of donor-substituted bis-phthalocyaninates of samarium, erbium, thulium, and ytterbium are deposited onto the water subphase, and the reverse redox-isomeric transition is observed in most cases when the monolayer is compressed to high surface pressures. The first of these switches is related to the asymmetry of the air/water interface, and the second one is controlled by the lateral compression–expansion of the monolayer. It has been demonstrated that when bis-phthalocyanine monolayers of lanthanides with variable valence are transferred to solid substrates, the valence state of the metal center, and consequently, the redox-isomeric state of the complex, do not change. This means that we are able to form films with a predetermined state of the complex. Note that the redox-isomeric state of complexes should affect the entire range of physicochemical properties of such films.

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