Synthesis and Local Probe Gating of a Monolayer Metal-Organic Framework

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Abstract

Achieving large-area uniform 2D metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and controlling their electronic properties on inert surfaces is a big step toward future applications in electronic devices. Here a 2D monolayer Cu-dicyanoanthracene MOF with long-range order is successfully fabricated on an epitaxial graphene surface. Its structural and electronic properties are studied by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy complemented by density-functional theory calculations. Access to multiple molecular charge states in the 2D MOF is demonstrated using tip-induced local electric fields. It is expected that a similar strategy could be applied to fabricate and characterize 2D MOFs with exotic, engineered electronic states.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2100519
Pages (from-to)2100519
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume31
Issue number22
Early online date22 Mar 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 May 2021
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This research made use of the Aalto Nanomicroscopy Center (Aalto NMC) facilities. The authors acknowledge support from the European Research Council (ERC‐2017‐AdG no. 788185 “Artificial Designer Materials”) and Academy of Finland (Academy projects no. 311012 and 314882, and Academy professor funding no. 318995 and 320555). L.Y. and O.K. acknowledge support from European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Actions Individual Fellowship no. 839242 “EMOF” and no. 845060 “QMKPFM”). Computing resources from the Aalto Science‐IT project and CSC, Helsinki are gratefully acknowledged. A.S.F. has been supported by the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), MEXT, Japan.

Keywords

  • charge states
  • electronic structures
  • metal-organic frameworks
  • scanning tunneling microscopy, tunneling spectroscopy

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