2016 Volume 67 Pages 2-9
In this review, a new research area on highly integrated metal-containing p-conjugated and/or redox-active systems constructed by coordination programming, which is to utilize the advantages of coordination chemistry to control the chemical bonds and arrangements of metal atoms and ions for creation of superstructures, has been reported. The topics involved are 1) interfacial synthesis of p-conjugated redox complex oligomer/polymer wires on electrodes and analysis of their electron conduction mechanism and kinetics, 2) creation of coordination nanosheets (CONASHs), 3) synthesis of p-conjugated redox metal complex oligomers, polymers and clusters and analysis of their electronic properties, 4) synthesis of metal complexes responsive to external-stimuli and analysis of their unique properties and functions, 5) metal nanoparticles coordinated with functional molecules, and 6) development of bio-photosensors using combination of cyanobacterial photosystem I and molecular wire. These research results indicate that coordination programming is a promising approach to construct intelligent hetero-molecular conjugated systems useful for development of chemical devices.
