<strong>XII</strong> <strong>Iberian</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Electrochemistry</strong> & <strong>XVI</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Portuguese Electrochemical Society PE 15 Electrocrystallization <strong>of</strong> (D T-T T F) 2 [M(mnt) 2 ] on microelectrodes Rafaela A. L. Silva, 1 Mónica Afonso, 1 Manuel Matos 2,3 , Dulce Belo, 1 Manuel Almeida 1 1 Dept. Chemistry, ITN / CFMCUL Estrada Nacional 10, P-2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal 2 IT, Av. Rovisco Pais, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, 3 ISEL, Av. Emídio Navarro, P-1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal rafaela@itn.pt The charge transfer salts based on <strong>the</strong> organic donor dithiotetrathiafulvalene (DT-TTF) and transition metal bis-maleonitrile-dithiolate M(mnt) 2 with M =Au, Ni, Cu, Pt and Pd, are members <strong>of</strong> a general family <strong>of</strong> compounds with formula (DT-TTF) 2 [M(mnt) 2 ] presenting strongly paired stacks <strong>of</strong> partially oxidized donor molecules (DT-TTF) + 2 [1]. The compounds <strong>of</strong> this family with diamagnetic anions (M=Cu, Au) have attracted special interest because <strong>the</strong>y were <strong>the</strong> first examples <strong>of</strong> organic spin ladder systems [2,3]. The study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se materials requires both high quality large single crystals and techniques able to characterize <strong>the</strong> electronic properties in ra<strong>the</strong>r small samples. Crystals <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se compounds can be obtained by electrocrystallization conditions typical for charge transfer salts; <strong>the</strong> DT-TTF donor in a organic solvent is electrochemically oxidized in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> [M(mnt) 2 ] - anions to form <strong>the</strong> compound as crystals growing on <strong>the</strong> anode. In order to obtain large single crystals <strong>of</strong> high quality we have performed a study aimed at to optimize <strong>the</strong> electrocrystallization conditions. Using dichloromethane solutions and Pt as electrodes we were able to obtain good single crystals as large as 5x1x0.1 mm 3 . In order to make possible <strong>the</strong> measurement <strong>of</strong> electrical transport properties in smaller crystals <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se compounds it was developed a technique <strong>of</strong> electrocrystallization on micropatterned electrodes. This technique using pulsed currents was able to provide small crystals directly connected to microelectrodes which can be used directly to electrical measurements. Acknowledgments: Work supported by F CT under contract PTDC/QUI-QUI/101788/2008. References [1] Ribera, E.; Rovira, C.; Veciana, J.; Tarrés, J.; Canadell, E.; Rousseau, R.; Molins, E.; Mas, M.; Schoefel, J-P.; Pouget, J.-P.; Morgado, J.; Henriques, R. T.; Almeida, M.; Chemistry an European Journal, 1999, 5, (7) 2025-2039. [2] Rovira, C.; Veciana, J.; Ribera, E.; Tarrés, J.; Canadell, E.; Rousseau, R.; Mas, M.; Molins, E.; Almeida, M.; Henriques, R. T.; Morgado, J.; Schoefel, J-P.; Pouget, J.-P.; Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, 1997, 36, 2324-2326. [3] Ribas, X.; Mas-Torrent, M.; Pérez-Benítez, A.; Dias, J. C.; Alves, H.; Lopes, E. B.; Henriques, R. T.; Molins, E.; Santos, I. C.; Wurst, K.; Foury-Leylekian, P.; Almeida, M.; Veciana, J.; Rovira, C.; Organic spin-Advanced Functional Materials, 2005, 15, 1023- 1035. September, 811, 2010. ISEL - Lisbon 106
<strong>XII</strong> <strong>Iberian</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Electrochemistry</strong> & <strong>XVI</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Portuguese Electrochemical Society PE 16 An electrochemical study <strong>of</strong> Schiff-base oxovanadium(I V) complexes F . Bishehsari, A. Rouhollahi, S. Rayati #4, No.72, Sartip Fakoori Ave., Kargar Shomali Str., Tehran, Iran Faranak.bsh@gmail.com The interest in coordination chemistry <strong>of</strong> vanadium has increased because <strong>of</strong> its catalytic and medicinal importance [1-2]. The electrochemical behavior <strong>of</strong> three newly syn<strong>the</strong>sized Schiff base VO(IV) complexes with electron donating groups were investigated, in acetonitrile (An) in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> tetrabutylammonium perchlorate as supporting electrolyte at <strong>the</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> GC electrode by cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry (Figure 1). For all <strong>the</strong> VO(IV) compounds, one reversible oxidation wave has been found and <strong>the</strong> diffusion coefficients (D) were obtained. The effect <strong>of</strong> scan rate was evaluated. R = Me, X = H, Y = OMe Figure 1 - Cyclic voltammogram for [VOR 1 ] = 2.0010 -6 mol cm -3 at different sweep rates (0.01, 0.05, 01, 0.2 Vs -1 ) References [1] Butler, A.; Clague, M. J.; Meister, G. E. Chem. Rev, 1994, 94, 62 [2] Crans, D. C. J. Inorg. Biochem, 2000, 80, 123. September, 811, 2010. ISEL - Lisbon 107