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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • On-surface synthesis enables high-resolution material design but is typically restricted to monolayer materials.
  • Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crucial functional materials with diverse applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the feasibility of on-surface synthesis for multilayer metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
  • To investigate the structural and electronic properties of multilayer Fe-TCNQ MOFs.
  • To explore the influence of substrate on MOF growth modes.

Main Methods:

  • On-surface synthesis of Fe-TCNQ multilayer MOFs.
  • High-resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) for structural analysis.
  • Density Functional Theory (DFT) computations for electronic structure and bonding.

Main Results:

  • Successfully synthesized multilayer Fe-TCNQ MOFs with both in-plane and out-of-plane bonding.
  • Observed distinct coordination geometry and electronic structures in multilayer MOFs due to interlayer interactions.
  • Demonstrated substrate-dependent growth modes: Volmer-Weber on graphene/Ir(111) and Stranski-Krastanov on Au(111).

Conclusions:

  • On-surface synthesis can overcome monolayer limitations for MOF construction.
  • Interlayer chemical interactions significantly influence the properties of multilayer MOFs.
  • Substrate choice is critical in controlling the growth mode of on-surface synthesized MOFs, opening avenues for 3D MOF fabrication.