The epitaxial growth of {111} oriented Au on MoS\(_2\) is well documented despite the large lattice mismatch (~8% biaxial strain), and the fact that a Au {001} orientation results in much less ...elastic strain. An analysis based on density functional and linear elasticity theories reveals that the {111} orientation is stabilized by a combination of favorable surface and interfacial contributions to the energy, and the compliance of the first layer of the MoS\(_2\).
This study aims at the synthesis of novel type discotic metallomesogens consisting of bistable transition metal o-quinone complexes with rich redox activities and various phase transformation ...behaviors induced by external stimulus. We tried to provide newelectronic orders, physical properties, and functions based on the metallomesogenes together with their transformation. Our goal is to construct novel assembled liquid crystalline materials with a strong correlation between an intramolecular electronic state and a long-range structural and electronic orders. This approach is based on the fact that a structural order of discotic liquid crystal depends strongly on the overlap interactions of planar disk-shaped molecules.
Novel mono/trinuclear palladium/platinum complexes and valence tautomeric Co complexes with alkyl chains have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, electrochemical, and thermogravimetric analyses. ...All the complexes possess catecholate derivatives, which have been known to show rich redox activity or bistability derived from the intramolecular electron transfer process. The results obtained in this study clearly suggest that the complexes would be candidates for redox-active metallomesogens.
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