Structural and electronic switching of a single crystal 2D metal-organic framework prepared by chemical vapor deposition.

ABSTRACT: The incorporation of metal-organic frameworks into advanced devices remains a desirable goal, but progress is hindered by difficulties in preparing large crystalline metal-organic framework films with suitable electronic performance. We demonstrate the direct growth of large-area, high quality, and phase pure single metal-organic framework crystals through chemical vapor deposition of a dimolybdenum paddlewheel precursor, Mo₂(INA)₄. These exceptionally uniform, high quality crystals cover areas up to 8600 µm² and can be grown down to thicknesses of 30 nm. Moreover, scanning tunneling microscopy indicates that the Mo₂(INA)₄ clusters assemble into a two-dimensional, single-layer framework. Devices are readily fabricated from single vapor

SUBMITTER: Claire FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7608636 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature