Electrospray ionization: an efficient approach to deposit polymetallic molecular switches onto gold surfaces

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jun 18;56(48):6587-6589. doi: 10.1039/d0cc01906b. Epub 2020 May 14.

Abstract

Electrospray ionization (EI) deposition is proven efficient in obtaining monolayers of a polymetallic charge transfer complex on gold surfaces. The molecule's integrity is monitored by using PM-IRRAS and XPS. This approach broadens the perspective of molecular magnetic switch deposition, which is currently dominated by the thermal evaporation of monometallic spin crossover (SCO) complexes.