Direct synthesis of a semiconductive double-helical phosphorus allotrope in a metal-organic framework

Abstract There remains much ambiguity regarding the structure of red phosphorus. We report the adsorption and photo-polymerisation of P4 molecules encapsulated in an indium(III)-based metal-organic framework to afford a double-helical chain composite comprising of [P8] units. The similarity between...

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Main Authors: Sergei A. Sapchenko, Rodion V. Belosludov, Inigo J. Vitoria-Irezabal, Ivan da Silva, Xi Chen, George F. S. Whitehead, John Maddock, Louise S. Natrajan, Meredydd Kippax-Jones, Dukula De Alwis Jayasinghe, Carlo Bawn, Daniil M. Polyukhov, Yinlin Chen, Vladimir P. Fedin, Sihai Yang, Martin Schröder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-55999-4