R. D. Mccullough, J. Seth, J. Belot
Mar 29, 1993
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Synthetic Metals
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Abstract We have been investigating the use of tetrathiafulvalene tetrahiolate (1) as a ligand for a variety of new tetrathifulvalene based coordination compounds (2). In the generation of 1, we have found that dithiolates and trithiolates are formed by the incomplete metallation of TTF. Herein is presented a method for the clean generation of 1, the synthesis of a Pt(II) complex and a Ni(II) complex of 1, and the results from the use of 1 as a difunctional bridging ligand in the synthesis of self-assembled CdSe nanocrystalline semiconductor (quantum dot) networks. The resultant TTFS4-quantum dot networks show greatly enhanced luminescence (a 50-fold increase) over the typical butanethiol capped CdSe quantum dots.