Application RelevanceSupport assessment: Medium
A 2 x 3 SCU-15 single-crystal pixelated detector can image an L-shaped lead plate under X-ray irradiation.
Caveat: Proof-of-concept imaging uses only six crystal pixels, and authors state finer imaging needs improved pixel processing.
main p.8 · X-ray detection performance · Figure 5E; Figure S21 · Linked to 8 structured results
Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High
SCU-15 maintains detector response and crystallinity after high accumulated X-ray dose and maintains structural integrity after two months in moist air.
Caveat: Reported as qualitative stability; no numerical degradation percentage was extracted.
main p.7-p.8 · X-ray detection performance · Figures S18-S20 · Linked to 3 structured results
Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: Medium
Smooth SCU-15 single-crystal surfaces and cracked pelleted morphology help explain superior carrier transport in the single-crystal device.
Caveat: The morphology-transport link is plausible and author-stated but not isolated by a controlled defect-density experiment.
main p.6 · Comparison of optoelectronic properties · Figures S14-S15 · Linked to 4 structured results
Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High
The SCU-15 single-crystal detector has higher charge-carrier mobility-lifetime product, longer diffusion length, higher sensitivity and lower detection limit than the pelleted polycrystalline device.
Caveat: Device geometry and crystal orientation affect measurements; authors note optimisation of measurements versus local MOF structure remains future work.
main p.6-p.7 · Comparison of optoelectronic properties; X-ray detection performance · Figures 4E-4F; Figures 5B-5D · Linked to 8 structured results
Synthesis MechanismSupport assessment: Medium
Fast initial heating accelerates in situ disulfide-bond formation from 4-MBA and promotes growth of millimetre-scale SCU-15 single crystals.
Caveat: Mechanistic language is inferential; the evidence is heating-rate-dependent crystal size, S-S species trend and room-temperature control complex.
main p.3-p.4 · Synthesis and characterizations of SCU-15 large single crystals · Figures 2-3 · Linked to 2 structured results
Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High
SCU-15 shows intrinsic semiconductive behaviour with a 2.63 eV optical band gap, and DFT assigns a ligand-to-metal charge-transfer electronic structure.
Caveat: No conventional four-probe conductivity value is reported; transport evidence is dominated by detector/device measurements.
main p.4 · Density functional theory calculations · Figure 4A; Figure S8 · Linked to 3 structured results