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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework
Published on: April 9, 2018
Sandrina Oliveira1, José Ministro1, Isabel C Santos1
1†C2TN, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, P-2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal.
Abstract:
The electrocrystallization from solutions of cyanobenzene-ethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene (CNB-EDT-TTF) in the presence of different anions X = ClO4(-), PF6(-), and I3(-), affords a new type of 2D molecular metals with composition (CNB-EDT-TTF)4X based on an unprecedented bilayer structure of the donors induced by effective head to head interdonor interactions through the nitrile groups, which is responsible for 2D metallic systems with unusual properties such as the higher band filling, larger effective mass of carriers, and almost degenerated double Fermi surfaces.
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