Anisotropic Mo-2-Phthalocyanine Sheet: A New Member of the Organometallic Family

作者:Zhu Guizhi; Kan Min; Sun Qiang*; Jena Puru
来源:Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014, 118(1): 304-307.
DOI:10.1021/jp4109255

摘要

Metal organic porous sheets, due to their unique atomic configurations and properties, represent a class of materials beyond graphene and BN monolayers. The Mo-2-phthalocyanine-based sheet (Mo2Pc) is a new member of this porous organometallic family. Using density functional theory with hybrid functional for exchange correlation potential, we show that this dimer-based material, unlike conventional organic monolayers that contain isolated metal atoms, possesses unique mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and optical properties due to inherent anisotropy in the structure. Furthermore, it is a semiconductor with a direct band gap of 0.93 eV and is antiferromagnetic with each Mo site carrying a magnetic moment of 0.88 mu(B). The strong anisotropy in elasticity and infrared light absorption is likely to open new doors for potential applications.