Primary studyCore evidenceTransport Physics

Emergence of electrical conductivity in a flexible coordination polymer by using chemical reduction

Fuku K., Miyata M., Takaishi S. et al. · Chemical Communications · 2020 · 8619-8622

4materials
7samples
5synthesis routes
14measurements
31results
6claims and caveats

Evidence map

Open a family to keep every result attached to its sample, method and conditions.

Author interpretations and caveats

Paraphrased for this database from the authors’ stated interpretations — never quoted verbatim — and kept separate from reported measurements.

Application RelevanceSupport assessment: Medium

The authors claim 1 is the first densely packed coordination polymer to undergo postsynthetic carrier doping with a structural change.

Caveat: This priority claim depends on literature context and was not independently verified beyond the provided article.

8621 · Summary · Linked to 2 structured results

CaveatSupport assessment: High

The crystal structure of the conductive reduced state 2 has not been solved.

8621 · Main text · Fig. 5 · Linked to 1 structured result

Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

Hydrazine reduction converts 1 into reduced 2, eliminating nitrate and chloroform and reducing both NDI cores and Cu(II).

Caveat: The precise crystal structure of 2 was not identified.

8621 · Main text · Fig. 3; Fig. 4 · Linked to 5 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

Guest-loaded 1 is flexible enough to undergo reversible structural change by chloroform desorption and readsorption.

Caveat: PXRD verifies reversibility, but a solved crystal structure for 1d is not reported.

8620 · Main text · Fig. 2 · Linked to 2 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

Electrical conductivity emerges after hydrazine reduction: pristine 1 is below 10-9 S cm-1, while 2 exceeds 10-7 S cm-1 at room temperature and is semiconducting.

Caveat: Conductivity was measured on pressed pellets using a two-probe method; room-temperature value is reported as a lower bound in text.

8621 · Main text · Fig. 5 · Linked to 4 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

The infinite pi-stacked column in the flexible 1D coordination polymer is proposed as the through-space conduction pathway retained after reduction.

Caveat: The authors state that the crystal structure of 2 has not been identified, so retention of the pi-stacked column is inferred from conductivity and spectroscopy.

8621 · Main text · Fig. 5 · Linked to 4 structured results

Material identities

Names and aliases are kept exactly within the paper’s own identity model.

MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
[Cu(NDI-enpy)2(NO3)2].2CHCl3 (1)C58H42Cl6CuN10O14Cu(II) ions coordinated by pyridyl moieties and nitrate axial ligands · NDI-enpy1D · PristineSingle-crystal X-ray structure: 1D coordination polymer made of rectangular units with intrachain and interchain pi-stacking, containing two chloroform molecules in closed inner spaces.8619 · Main text · Fig. 1
[Cu(NDI-enpy)2(NO3)2] desolvated complex (1d)[Cu(NDI-enpy)2(NO3)2]Cu(II) ions with nitrate axial ligands · NDI-enpy1D · PristineDesolvated phase assigned by PXRD; pattern differs from 1 and returns after chloroform readsorption.8620 · Main text · Fig. 2b
[Cu(NDI-enpy)2].5H2O (2)C56H50N8CuO13Reduced Cu(I) centres · NDI-enpy radical-anion framework, average NDI core charge about -0.51D · PristineHydrazine-reduced crystalline coordination polymer; PXRD differs from 1 and 1d, while transport and spectroscopy suggest retention of pi-stacked columns.8621 · Main text · Fig. 4; Fig. 5
N,N'-di(2-(pyridin-4yl)ethyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxdiimide linkerC28H20N4O4NDI-enpy molecule with naphthalenediimide core and pyridyl ethyl groups0D · UnknownMolecular linker precursor for the coordination polymer.3 · Syntheses

Sample register

Sample form, processing state and composition status define the context for measurements.

Show 7 sample records
SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
purple crystals of 1research_0726__mat__mat_1_guest_loadedSingle Crystal · Pristine Control · Guest LoadedAs-synthesised guest-loaded crystals separated by decantation using methanol and chloroform.3 · Syntheses
pressed pellet of 1research_0726__mat__mat_1_guest_loadedPellet · Pristine Control · Guest LoadedPressed pellet for two-probe DC conductivity measurement.pellet thickness 250 um; pellet diameter 2.5 mm; carbon-paste electrode diameter 1.72 mm2 · General information
desolvated 1dresearch_0726__mat__mat_1d_desolvatedPowder · Pristine Control · Pristine FrameworkDesolvated form of 1; exact desolvation preparation conditions not reported.8620 · Main text · Fig. 2b; Fig. S1
black solid 2 from 1research_0726__mat__mat_2_reducedPowder · Target Sample · DopedHydrazine-reduced black solid collected by filtration under nitrogen-atmosphere synthesis conditions.4 · Syntheses
black solid 2 obtained from 1dresearch_0726__mat__mat_2_reducedPowder · Target Sample · DopedReduced from desolvated 1d using the same hydrazine method; PXRD pattern similar to 2 from 1.5 · PXRD patterns · Fig. S1
pressed pellet of 2research_0726__mat__mat_2_reducedPellet · Target Sample · DopedPressed pellet contacted with gold wires and carbon paste for two-probe DC conductivity.pellet thickness 250 um; pellet diameter 2.5 mm; carbon-paste electrode diameter 1.72 mm2 · General information
NDI-enpy linker precipitateresearch_0726__mat__mat_ndi_enpyPowder · Paper Level Unspecified · UnknownPrecipitated into water, filtered, washed with methanol, and dried.3 · Syntheses