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Layer-by-Layer Assembled Conductive Metal–Organic Framework Nanofilms for Room-Temperature Chemiresistive Sensing

Yao M.-S., Lv X.-J., Fu Z.-H. et al. · Angewandte Chemie - International Edition · 2017 · 16510-16514

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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

The 20 nm Cu3(HHTP)2-10C thin-film sensor gives the strongest reported first-hand NH3 sensing performance in this paper, with 129% response to 100 ppm NH3 and 1.36 min response time.

Caveat: The broad claim 'among the highest' is benchmarked against literature in SI Table S1, but literature rows are not extracted as first-hand data.

main p.4, article p.16513 · Summary · Figure 3 and Table S1 · Linked to 4 structured results

Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

Cu3(HHTP)2-10C sensors retain most of their NH3 response after about 3 months.

main p.3, article p.16512 · Stability discussion · Figure S10 · Linked to 1 structured result

Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

Cu3(HHTP)2 retains its crystal structure after saturated NH3 exposure/contact.

Caveat: The text points to Supporting Information Figure S7b, while the SI caption listing before/after NH3 PXRD is Figure S8.

main p.3, article p.16512 · Gas-sensing mechanism · Figure S8 · Linked to 1 structured result

Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

The Cu3(HHTP)2-xC thin films are dense, continuous, crystalline and preferentially c-axis oriented.

Caveat: Orientation is inferred from peeled film fragments and SAED patterns.

main p.2, article p.16511 · Morphology and orientation · Figure 2 · Linked to 3 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

The room-temperature conductivity of Cu3(HHTP)2-40C is high enough to support chemiresistive gas sensing.

Caveat: Conductivity was measured by a two-probe method and described as estimated.

main p.2, article p.16511 · Gas-sensing motivation · Figure S6 · Linked to 3 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: Medium

Thinner Cu3(HHTP)2 films show faster NH3 response and recovery because shorter diffusion lengths and accessible active sites reduce diffusion barriers.

Caveat: Some cycle-dependent values are taken from figure labels; response time is not perfectly monotonic across all xC samples.

main p.3, article p.16512 · Thickness-dependent sensing · Figure 3e and Figure S9 · Linked to 4 structured results

Synthesis MechanismSupport assessment: High

Spray layer-by-layer liquid-phase epitaxy enables controllable Cu3(HHTP)2 nanofilm growth with about 2 nm thickness increment per cycle.

Caveat: Spray volume/rate and deposition atmosphere are not specified in the SI.

main p.2, article p.16511 · Thin-film growth · Figure 2c · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

NH3 selectively increases resistance by interacting strongly with Cu sites in p-type Cu3(HHTP)2 and reducing hole carrier concentration.

Caveat: The authors state the exact sensing mechanism is still under investigation.

main p.3, article p.16512 · Gas-sensing mechanism · Figure 4 · Linked to 5 structured results

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
Cu3(HHTP)2 conductive metal-organic frameworkBrowse family: Cu₃(HHTP)₂ / Cu–HHTPCu3(HHTP)2Cu ions coordinated to HHTP ligands in two-dimensional hexagonal layers. · HHTP = 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene2D · PristineTwo-dimensional hexagonal layers stacked along the c-axis in a slipped-parallel AB stacking model; honeycomb-like porous structure with one-dimensional channels.main p.1, article p.16510 · Introduction and Figure 1 discussion · Figure 1

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SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
Cu3(HHTP)2-10C thin-film chemiresistorresearch_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Electrode · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkPristine thin film directly used as a chemiresistive sensor under 5 V bias.Si/SiO2, sapphire or glass substrate with Au interdigital electrodes; exact substrate for Figure 3 sensor not specified. · About 20 nmmain p.2-p.3, article p.16511-p.16512 · Gas-sensing performance · Figure 3
Cu3(HHTP)2-20C thin-film chemiresistorresearch_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Electrode · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkPristine thin film used for thickness-dependent NH3 sensing.Au-interdigitated sensor substrate; exact substrate not specified. · About 40 nm from 2 nm per cycle trend.SI p.12 · Figure S9 caption · Figure S9
Cu3(HHTP)2-30C thin-film chemiresistorresearch_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Electrode · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkPristine thin film used for thickness-dependent NH3 sensing.Au-interdigitated sensor substrate; exact substrate not specified. · About 60 nm from 2 nm per cycle trend.SI p.12 · Figure S9 caption · Figure S9
Cu3(HHTP)2-40C thin-film deviceresearch_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Electrode · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkPristine thin film measured by two-probe I-V at 200-300 K and also used for thickness-dependent sensing.Au-electrode device for conductivity; SEM/AFM shown for top and cross-sectional film. · About 80 nm from 2 nm per cycle trend.SI p.10 · Figure S6 caption and text · Figure S6
Cu3(HHTP)2-50C thin filmresearch_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkPristine thin film characterised by PXRD, TEM/SAED, AFM and thickness-dependent NH3 sensing.Quartz for UV/Vis monitoring and unspecified substrate for peeled TEM fragments; sensor substrate for Figure S9. · About 100 nmmain p.2, article p.16511 · Structure and orientation · Figure 2
Cu3(HHTP)2-xC layer-by-layer thin-film seriesresearch_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkSpray layer-by-layer liquid-phase epitaxy with ethanol rinsing and N2 drying.Functionalized sapphire, glass, Si/SiO2, quartz, Si/Au or Au-interdigitated substrates depending on measurement. · About 2 nm thickness increment per growing cycle; xC denotes x growing cycles.main p.2, article p.16511 · Thin-film preparation and morphology · Figure 2
NH3-exposed Cu3(HHTP)2research_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Guest LoadedCu3(HHTP)2 after exposure or adsorption of NH3.Thin-film sensor substrate for FTIR/UPS mechanism measurements; powder control also checked by PXRD. · 10C thin film for UPS; exact film for FTIR not separately specified.main p.3, article p.16512 · Gas-sensing mechanism · Figure 4
Cu3(HHTP)2 powderresearch_0115__mat__cu3_hhtp2Powder · Pristine Control · Pristine FrameworkSolvothermally prepared powder; also drop-coated as a thick-film gas sensor control.SI p.2 and p.11 · Preparation of Cu3(HHTP)2 powders; Figure S8 · Figures S7-S8