摘要 |
A semi-conducting, stable polychelate coating is manufactured in situ on a conducting electrode substrate providing metal coordination centres, by depositing from the vapour phase a tetranitrile compound (e.g. tetracyanobenzene or tetracyanoethylene) so that a predetermined specific amount is deposited per unit substrate area and carrying out a controlled chelating reaction and thermal treatment on the substrate surface. The temperature and duration as well as the specific amount are selected to form a uniform, cross-linked, polychelate coating coordinated to metal sites on the surface as an N4-chelate. |