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Semiconducting to Metallic Electronic Landscapes in Defects-Controlled 2D π-d Conjugated Coordination Polymer Thin Films

Ogle J., Lahiri N., Jaye C. et al. · Advanced Functional Materials · 2021 · 2006920

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Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: Medium

Cu(II) precursors are reduced to Cu(I) during formation of Cu-BHT films in both CVD routes.

Caveat: Authors note that EXAFS would be needed for a more in-depth oxidation-state study.

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Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

The V-V route yields non-slipped AA-stacked Cu-BHT, while the S-V route yields slipped AB-stacked Cu-BHT with smaller interlayer spacing.

Caveat: S-V HRTEM pattern was described as not easily identifiable as C2/m, although still crystalline hexagonal.

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Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: Medium

S-V CVD Cu-BHT has a near-ideal S-Cu:S-C ratio and fewer inferred defects, whereas V-V and liquid-liquid samples are copper deficient.

Caveat: Exact defect types were not identified; Figure 5 caption/labels and paragraph text conflict for liquid-liquid versus V-V ratios, though both are far below the ideal 2:1 ratio.

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Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

NEXAFS and GIWAXS indicate stronger substrate-plane alignment and fewer electronic defect signatures for S-V CVD films than V-V CVD films.

Caveat: NEXAFS probes only the top few nanometres while GIWAXS probes bulk film structure.

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Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

Changing the CVD interfacial growth mode switches Cu-BHT thin-film transport from semiconducting in V-V films to metallic in S-V films.

Caveat: Transport values are ensemble film measurements; precise film thickness for the measured transport samples is not linked in the text.

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Synthesis MechanismSupport assessment: High

V-V and S-V CVD routes fabricate large-area continuous Cu-BHT 2D coordination polymer thin films on glass substrates.

Caveat: Single reported substrate size; no wafer-scale statistics reported.

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Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
Copper(I) benzenehexathiol coordination polymer (Cu-BHT)Browse family: Cu₃(C₆S₆) / Cu–BHTCu-BHT; ideal S-Cu:S-C coordination ratio 2:1Cu(I) ions; formed from Cu(II) precursors reduced during polymer formation · benzenehexathiol (BHT)2D · Pristine2D Kagome lattice; square-planar Cu-S coordination; non-porous continuous 2D Cu-S network; C2/m assignment for V-V HRTEM pattern and hexagonal/slipped AB stacking for S-V sample2 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1A

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Cu-BHT prepared using liquid-liquid polymerization growthresearch_0470__mat__cu_bhtThin Film · Pristine Control · Pristine FrameworkLiquid-liquid polymerization growth comparator for S 2p XPS; no full recipe reported in this paper7 · Results and Discussion · Figure 5B
Cu-BHT thin film from solid-vapor interfacial CVD polymerization growthresearch_0470__mat__cu_bhtThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkS-V CVD: BHT vapour reacts downstream with solid Cu(II) precursor film on glassglass substrate bearing a spin-coated CuSO4 precursor thin film · Sub-100 nm films; SI examples labelled 15 nm and 41 nm for S-V CVD films4 · Results and Discussion · Figures 1E and 2B,D
Cu-BHT thin film from vapor-vapor interfacial CVD polymerization growthresearch_0470__mat__cu_bhtThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkV-V CVD: BHT and Cu(acac)2 both sublimed; dark blue/black film on glass at reaction interfaceglass substrate · Sub-100 nm films; SI examples labelled 19 nm and 52 nm for V-V CVD films4 · Results and Discussion · Figures 1D and 2A,C