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Conductive Ni3(HITP)2 nanofilm with asymmetrical morphology prepared by gas–liquid interface self-assembly for glucose sensing

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Ni3(HITP)2 (HITP: 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene) is a very typical 2D electrically conductive metal–organic framework (EC-MOF) material with great promising as active materials in electronic devices. Gas–liquid interface self-assembly is a common method of processing free-standing thin films for this EC-MOF. Owing to the different contact environment during growth process, Ni3(HITP)2 film prepared by gas–liquid interface method has different morphology for up-side surface exposed to air and down-side surface infiltrated in solution. However, the asymmetrical morphology of Ni3(HITP)2 film and its influence on sensing performance have never been implemented. In this work, gas–liquid interface self-assembly method is used to obtain an asymmetrical Ni3(HITP)2 nanofilm in surface morphology with a flat up-side surface and an island-like down-side surface. The surface morphology of as-prepared film has a remarkable influence on the glucose sensing property. The island-like structure for down-side surface film exhibits more excellent glucose sensing performance because of its abundant crystal defect which play an important role in enhancing glucose catalytic oxidation capacity.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.: 22205121), Ningxia Natural Science Foundation Project (No.: 2022AAC03303, 2023AAC03354, and 2022AAC03307), Construction of First-Class Disciplines (Pedagogy Discipline) in Ningxia Higher Education Institutions (No. NXYLXK2021B10), First-class Discipline Construction Project (Chemistry) in Higher Education Institutions of Ningxia (Ningxia Normal University), and Engineering Research Center of Liupanshan (No.: HGZD22-19).

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Cao, La., Wei, M., Guo, X. et al. Conductive Ni3(HITP)2 nanofilm with asymmetrical morphology prepared by gas–liquid interface self-assembly for glucose sensing. Ionics 30, 2375–2385 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-024-05406-7

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