Issue 58, 2023

Lanthanide-directed metal–organic coordination networks

Abstract

The synthesis of two-dimensional metal–organic networks (2D-MOCNs) on solid substrates is a rapidly growing field of research due to their potential applications in gas sensing, catalysis, energy storage, spintronics, and quantum information. In addition, the possibility of using lanthanides as coordination nodes makes them a very straightforward alternative to create an ordered array of magnetic atoms on a surface, thus paving the way for their use in information storage at the single-atom level. This feature article reviews the strategies to design two-dimensional periodic nanoarchitectures comprising lanthanide atoms in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environment, focusing on lanthanide-directed 2D-MOCNs on metal surfaces and decoupling substrates. The characterization of their structure, electronic, and magnetic properties is also discussed, including the use of state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopies and photoelectron spectroscopies, complemented by density functional theory calculations and multiplet simulations.

Graphical abstract: Lanthanide-directed metal–organic coordination networks

Article information

Article type
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Submitted
27 3 2023
Accepted
20 6 2023
First published
21 6 2023

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 8878-8893

Lanthanide-directed metal–organic coordination networks

S. O. Parreiras, J. M. Gallego and D. Écija, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 8878 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01496G

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