Reconfiguring surface functions using visible-light-controlled metal-ligand coordination

Configuring surfaces on-demand for desired functionalities is an ongoing challenge. Here, diverse and tailorable modifications of quartz and porous silica surfaces that are rapidly and reversibly switchable by the use of visible light are achieved via ruthenium-thioether coordination.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chaoming Xie, Wen Sun, Hao Lu, Annika Kretzschmann, Jiahui Liu, Manfred Wagner, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Xu Deng, Si Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06180-7