Semiconductive Nanotube Array Constructed from Giant [PbII18I54(I2)9] Wheel Clusters

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 514 - 518
• Main Authors: Wang, Guan-E, Xu, Gang, Liu, Bin-Wen, Wang, Ming-Sheng, Yao, Ming-Shui, Guo, Guo-Cong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 11.01.2016; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Anisotropy; Clusters; Crystal structure; Diffraction; Electrical properties; Electrical resistivity; inorganic-organic hybrid composites; lead; Nanostructure; nanotube arrays; Semiconductivity; semiconductors; wheel clusters; X-ray diffraction; X-rays; nanotube arrays; wheel clusters; inorganic-organic hybrid composites; semiconductors; lead
• ISSN: 1433-7851; 1521-3773
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507083

Crystalline nanotube array would create great opportunity for novel electrical application. Herein we report the first example of a metal halide based crystalline nanotube array which is constructed from an unprecedented giant [PbII18I54(I2)9] wheel cluster, as determined by synchrotron X‐ray diffraction. The electrical properties of the single crystal were studied and the present compound shows typical semiconductivity and highly anisotropic conductivity. Lead the way to the tube: The first example of a metal‐halide‐based crystalline nanotube array is constructed from an unprecedented giant [PbII18I54(I2)9] wheel cluster (see picture, Pb green, I pink). It has typical semiconductive properties and highly anisotropic conductivity.