Science Daily June 4, 2024
Nanoscale electron transfer (ET) in solids is fundamental to the design of multifunctional nanomaterials, yet its process is not fully understood. Researchers in Japan directly observed solid-state ET via a crystal-to-crystal process. They first demonstrated the creation of a robust and flexible electron acceptor/acceptor (A/A) double-wall nanotube crystal with a large window through the one-dimensional porous crystallization of heteroleptic Zn4 metallocycles with two different acceptor ligands. They constructed the electron donor incorporated-A/A nanotube crystal through the subsequent absorption of electron donor guests. They removed electrons from the electron donor guests inside the nanotube crystal through facile ET in the solid state to accumulate holes inside the nanotube crystal inside the solid-state ET process was observed… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Strategy for direct observation of thermal ET in solids through X-ray crystallography. Credit: Nature Communications volume 15, Article number: 4412 (2024)Â