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ArticleNature communications2022

Observation of formation and local structures of metal-organic layers via complementary electron microscopy techniques.

Xinxing Peng, Philipp M Pelz, Qiubo Zhang, Peican Chen, Lingyun Cao, Yaqian Zhang, Hong-Gang Liao, Haimei Zheng, Cheng Wang, Shi-Gang Sun and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xinxing Peng *National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.
Philipp M Pelz *National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8009-4515
Qiubo Zhang *Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-9876
Peican ChenState Key Lab of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China.
Lingyun CaoState Key Lab of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China.
Yaqian ZhangNational Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.
Hong-Gang LiaoState Key Lab of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China. hgliao@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2622-9842
Haimei ZhengDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3813-4170
Cheng WangState Key Lab of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-8061
Shi-Gang SunState Key Lab of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China.
Mary C ScottNational Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA. mary.scott@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9543-6725
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USXiamen University · CN

Funding

DOE | SC | Basic Energy Sciences (BES) DE-AC02-05CH11231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal-organic layers (MOLs) are highly attractive for application in catalysis, separation, sensing and biomedicine, owing to their tunable framework structure. However, it is challenging to obtain comprehensive information about the formation and local structures of MOLs using standard electron microscopy methods due to serious damage under electron beam irradiation. Here, we investigate the growth processes and local structures of MOLs utilizing a combination of liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy, cryogenic electron microscopy and electron ptychography. Our results show a multistep formation process, where precursor clusters first form in solution, then they are complexed with ligands to form non-crystalline solids, followed by the arrangement of the cluster-ligand complex into crystalline sheets, with additional possible growth by the addition of clusters to surface edges. Moreover, high-resolution imaging allows us to identify missing clusters, dislocations, loop and flat surface terminations and ligand connectors in the MOLs. Our observations provide insights into controllable MOL crystal morphology, defect engineering, and surface modification, thus assisting novel MOL design and synthesis.

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