Xu Youzhi, Leung Ming-Yi, Yan Liangliang, Chen Ziyong, Li Panpan, Cheng Yat-Hin, Chan Michael Ho-Yeung, Yam Vivian Wing-Wah
Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 999077, P. R. China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2024 May 15;146(19):13226-13235. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c01243. Epub 2024 May 3.
Strained carbon nanohoops exhibit attractive photophysical properties due to their unique π-conjugated structure. However, incorporation of such nanohoops into the pincer ligand of metal complexes has rarely been explored. Herein, a new family of highly strained cyclometalated platinum(II) nanohoops has been synthesized and characterized. Strain-promoted C-H bond activation has been observed during the metal coordination process, and Hückel-Möbius topology and random-columnar packing in the solid state are found. Transient absorption spectroscopy revealed the size-dependent excited state properties of the nanohoops. Moreover, the nanohoops have been successfully employed as active materials in the fabrication of solution-processable resistive memory devices, including the use of the smallest platinum(II) nanohoop for the fabrication of a binary memory, with low switching threshold voltages of ca. 1.5 V, high ON/OFF current ratios, and good stability. These results demonstrate that strain incorporation into the structure can be an effective strategy to fundamentally fine-tune the reactivity, optoelectronic, and resistive memory properties.
由于其独特的π共轭结构,应变碳纳米环表现出引人注目的光物理性质。然而,将此类纳米环纳入金属配合物的钳形配体的研究却很少。在此,合成并表征了一类新型的高应变环金属化铂(II)纳米环。在金属配位过程中观察到应变促进的C-H键活化,并且在固态中发现了Hückel-Möbius拓扑结构和随机柱状堆积。瞬态吸收光谱揭示了纳米环的尺寸依赖性激发态性质。此外,纳米环已成功用作可溶液加工的电阻式存储器件制造中的活性材料,包括使用最小的铂(II)纳米环制造二元存储器,其具有约1.5 V的低开关阈值电压、高的开/关电流比和良好的稳定性。这些结果表明,将应变引入结构中可以是从根本上微调反应性、光电和电阻存储性质的有效策略。