Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High
HIB-Cu film is assigned as a layered, in-plane oriented, face-on 2D c-MOF with hexagonal pores and pi-pi stacking.
Caveat: Powder/control samples have poorer morphology; assignment applies to the SDS-mediated film.
1148 · Results · Figure 3 · Linked to 5 structured results
Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High
The in-plane oriented HIB-Cu film sensor responds and recovers much faster than the HIB-Cu powder control because quasi-1D pore channels shorten the gas path length.
Caveat: Transport path-length explanation is a mechanistic interpretation supported by device comparison, not a direct gas-diffusion measurement.
1150 · Results · Figure 5; Figure S16 · Linked to 5 structured results
Synthesis MechanismSupport assessment: High
The surfactant-directed two-step method also yields free-standing HITP-Cu films from HATP and Cu salts.
Caveat: Electrical transport was reported for HIB-Cu films, not HITP-Cu films.
1150 · Results · Figures S12-S14 · Linked to 4 structured results
Synthesis MechanismSupport assessment: High
SDS-mediated preorganisation directs anisotropic in-plane growth, giving crystalline face-on HIB-Cu films with reduced amorphous regions compared with no-SDS controls.
Caveat: Mechanism inferred from intermediate structures, PXRD, SEM/TEM, and control synthesis rather than direct in situ observation.
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Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium
Hall measurements indicate p-type semiconducting behaviour in HIB-Cu film, with finite carrier mobility and low conductivity near 0.1 S/m.
Caveat: Hall numerical values are read from a figure annotation rather than extracted text; conductivity is two-point and may include contact effects.
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Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium
HIB-Cu sensing is selective toward hydroxyl-containing molecules, and Raman data suggest water interaction alters the organic linker rather than the Cu-N metal site.
Caveat: Selectivity was tested only against cyclohexane and ethanol in the reported controls.
1151 · Results · Figures 5e; S17 · Linked to 4 structured results