Solids, supramolecular synthesis introduction

Molecular wires are indispensable elements of futme molecular-scale electronic devises, and their fabrication has been attracting much interest. Conventional research has been focused on the synthesis of tt-conjugated ohgomers and supramolecular polymers [56]. The introduction of inorganic elements or one-dimensional inorganic complexes in main chains would expand the potential of these nanomaterials and lead to new interfacial phenomena, which have not been observed in the single component system. However, one-dimensional complexes have not been considered candidates for molecular wires, since they exist only in three-dimensional solids. They are usually not soluble, and when they are dissolved, the one-dimensional structure is disrupted and the structure is not maintained. 

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