Molecular electronics, cyanide-bridged

Based on their easily tunable photophysical and redox properties, transition metal complexes are versatile components to be used in the construction of photochemical molecular devices. The studies presented in this article show that the combination of the Ru(bpy)22+ photosensitizer and cyanide bridging units allows the synthesis of a variety of polynuclear systems that exhibit interesting photochemical properties. Depending on the nature of the attached metal-containing units, supramolecular systems can be obtained that undergo efficient photoinduced intramolecular energy or electron transfer processes. 

Electronic structure and intramolecular exchange constants have been calculated (spin-polarized DFT calculations) for three cyanide-bridged molecular magnets, Fem(Tp )(CN)3Mn(DMF)412-(OTf)2-2DMF (Mn=Mn, Co, Ni).264... 

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