2024 | Yang Lu, Ziqi Hu, Petko Petkov, Shuai Fu, Haoyuan Qi, Chuanhui Huang, Yannan Liu, Xing Huang, Mingchao Wang, Peng Zhang, Ute Kaiser, Mischa Bonn, Hai I. Wang, Paolo Samori, Eugenio Coronado, Renhao Dong, Xinliang Feng
The study explores the tuning of charge transport and spin dynamics in two-dimensional (2D) conjugated metal-organic frameworks (2D c-MOFs) by controlling interlayer stacking. By introducing bulky side groups on the conjugated ligands, the researchers achieve a transition from serrated to staggered stacking, reducing interlayer interactions and enhancing spin density. This results in a 30-fold increase in spin density and a significantly longer spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) of ~60 μs, outperforming reference 2D c-MOFs with compact stackings. The findings reveal that spinless polaron pairs or bipolarons play a crucial role in charge transport, and the strategy provides a bottom-up approach for enhancing spin dynamics in 2D c-MOFs, offering potential for spintronic applications.The study explores the tuning of charge transport and spin dynamics in two-dimensional (2D) conjugated metal-organic frameworks (2D c-MOFs) by controlling interlayer stacking. By introducing bulky side groups on the conjugated ligands, the researchers achieve a transition from serrated to staggered stacking, reducing interlayer interactions and enhancing spin density. This results in a 30-fold increase in spin density and a significantly longer spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) of ~60 μs, outperforming reference 2D c-MOFs with compact stackings. The findings reveal that spinless polaron pairs or bipolarons play a crucial role in charge transport, and the strategy provides a bottom-up approach for enhancing spin dynamics in 2D c-MOFs, offering potential for spintronic applications.