%0 Journal Article %A Kumar, Anup %A Chhatwal, Megha %A Cristaldi, Domenico A. %A Awasthi, Satish Kumar %A Gupta, Rinkoo D. %A Gulino, Antonino %D 2015 %T Chromogenic Homo-Dinuclear Ruthenium(II) Monolayer as a Tunable Molecular Memory Module for Multibit Information Storage %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Chromogenic_Homo_Dinuclear_Ruthenium_II_Monolayer_as_a_Tunable_Molecular_Memory_Module_for_Multibit_Information_Storage/2190124 %R 10.1021/jp5124629.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/3824290 %K cyclic voltammetry %K valence redox states %K redox cycles %K multimetallic system %K homobimetallic chromophore %K heterobimetallic analogs %K Tunable Molecular Memory Module %K module exhibits %K UV %K charge density storage capacity %K force microscopy %X A molecular-module comprising of a surface-confined optically rich and redox active homobimetallic chromophore on siloxane-based templates, has been obtained and characterized via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, UV–vis measurements, and cyclic voltammetry. The multimetallic system offers high order optical/redox “write-read” for viable chip-engineering. In fact, this system proposes a potential platform to save a high charge/information density of ∼3.6 × 1014 electrons/cm2 as a function of the applied potential. Moreover, the convenient synthetic pathway, and the manipulation of Ru2+/Ru3+ redox wave into multiple intermediate mixed valence redox states, are the significant advantages with respect to heterobimetallic analogs toward its integration in “multi-memory” systems. Notably, the module exhibits a high charge density storage capacity, is robust against a large no. of redox cycles and high temperatures. %I ACS Publications