| Autor: |
John Koptur-Palenchar, Miguel Gakiya-Teruya, Duy Le, Jun Jiang, Rui Zhang, Xuanyuan Jiang, Hai-Ping Cheng, Talat S. Rahman, Michael Shatruk, Xiao-Xiao Zhang |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
npj 2D Materials and Applications, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2397-7132 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41699-022-00335-3 |
| Popis: |
Abstract The advent of two-dimensional (2D) crystals has led to numerous scientific breakthroughs. Conventional 2D systems have in-plane covalent bonds and a weak out-of-plane van-der-Waals bond. Here we report a new type of 2D material composed of discrete magnetic molecules, where anisotropic van-der-Waals interactions bond the molecules into a 2D packing. Through mechanical exfoliation, we can obtain single-crystalline molecular monolayers, which can be readily integrated into other 2D systems. Optical spectroscopy suggests the few-layered molecules preserve the temperature-induced spin-crossover switching observed in the bulk form but show a drastic increase in thermal hysteresis unique to these thin 2D molecule assemblies. The trapping of spin bistability with decreasing layer number can arise from domain wall dynamics in reduced dimensions. Our results establish molecular solids with strong anisotropy of intermolecular interactions as precursors to a new class of 2D materials, affording possibilities to control molecular functionalities through substrate and interlayer interactions. |
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