Scientific Achievement
Researchers in the Characterization of Functional Nanomachines demonstrated how frontier molecular orbital (FMO) engineering guides the electronic design and the bottom-up assembly of 1D-chains and 2D-Kagome lattices formed from linear NHC–Au-NHC complexes.
Significance and Impact
Demonstrates how engineering of low energy states in NHC-Au-NHC complexes can be used to access metallicity and low work functions in metal organic frameworks (MOFs).
Research Details
- Hybrid on-surface synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of a class of MOFs comprised of NHC-AU-NHC bonds
- Characterized signatures of 1D-half-filled and 2D Kagome bands emerging from unusual NHC-Au π-bonding state
- NHC-metal lattices exhibit exceptionally small workfunctions comparable to alkali metals
Publication Details
B. Qie, Z. Wang, J. Jiang, Z. Zhang, P. H. Jacobse, J. Lu, X. Li, A. N. Alexandrova, S. G. Louie, M. F. Crommie, F.R. Fischer, Science (2024).
Work was performed in part at the NERSC.
