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Concentration Directed Polymorphic Surface Covalent Organic Frameworks: Rhombus, Parallelogram, and Kagome Yi-Ping Mo, Xuan-He Liu, and Dong Wang ACS Nano, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06871 • Publication Date (Web): 13 Nov 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 14, 2017

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Concentration Directed Polymorphic Surface Covalent Organic Frameworks: Rhombus, Parallelogram, and Kagome Yi-Ping Mo,†,‡ Xuan-He Liu,†,‡ and Dong Wang*,† †

CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology and CAS Research and

Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China ‡

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China

*Corresponding author’s Email: [email protected]

KEYWORDS: surface covalent organic frameworks, Kagome, scanning tunneling microscopy, monomer concentration, dynamic covalent bonds

ABSTRACT: The polymorphic single-layered covalent organic frameworks (sCOFs) via onsurface synthesis has been investigated by employing tetradentate monomer 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(pformylphenyl)pyrene with D2h symmetry and ditopic linear diamine building blocks. Three kinds of well-ordered sCOFs, including rhombus, parallelogram, and Kagome networks are observed on graphite surface by scanning tunnel microscopy. The pore size and periodicity of sCOFs are

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tunable by employing diamine monomers with different lengths. Statistical analysis reveals that two types of quadrate networks are preferred at high concentration whereas the occupancy of Kagome networks increases at low concentration. This trend can be understood by the differences in the network density of three kinds of networks. The reversibility and the selfsorting ability of dynamic covalent reaction make it possible to control the polymorphic distribution similar to the principle demonstrated in supramolecular self-assembly.

Single-layered covalent organic frameworks (sCOFs), featured by atomic thickness and two-dimensional (2D) porous networks with covalently bonded building blocks have attracted tremendous attention in recent years.1 As an organic analogue to graphene, sCOFs are promising to display interesting electronic/optoelectronic properties and potential candidates for molecular miniature devices.2 The merits of 2D sCOFs not only lie in the rigid and robust architectures with high stability, but also rest on the structural diversity with concomitant function. Theoretical calculations predict that the electronic properties of sCOFs can be greatly controlled by tailoring the topology of the materials.3-5 Typically, sCOFs are fabricated from high-symmetry building blocks in order to achieve easily predictable structures with high quality. Multitopic precursors with C3 or C4 symmetry are most commonly utilized6-15 to react with ditopic linear building blocks and attain extended hexagonal honeycomb sCOF or quadrate sCOF with uniform pore structures. The design and construction of high-quality sCOFs with diverse topologic structures is still in high demand. Among various possible 2D molecular networks, the Kagome structure, composed of regularly arranged triangular and hexagonal pores, is particularly intriguing because of not only


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its special topology, but also the associated vibrational properties16-18 and magnetic properties.1921

However, molecular Kagome structures are very rare. Since Zaworotko and co-workers

reported the nanoscale Kagome lattice by supramolecular assembly,22 great efforts have been paid to design and construct such fascinating structures. So far, only a few examples of surface supported 2D Kagome networks stabilized by van der Waals interactions, hydrogen bonding or coordination interactions have been achieved.23-27 Recently, Wang et al. reported chiral Kagome lattices assembled by on-surface synthesized organometallic compounds, which were stabilized by the synergy of multiple intermolecular interactions.28 To the best of our knowledge, the synthesis of Kagome structures linked by covalent bonds via on-surface reactions has not been demonstrated. On the other hand, synthesis of bulk COF materials of Kagome lattice has been reported under solvothermal conditions by employing tetraphenylethene-cored precursors29-32 or monomer with reduced symmetry.33 Polymorphism is a common issue in crystal growth and design. The polymorphic surface assembly from the same building blocks has been extensively studied and can be tuned by temperature, concentration, molar ratio, etc.24,

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Moreover, some previous studies have

reported the structural evolution from oligomers to sCOFs depdending on thermal treatment or stoichiometric ratio of the reactants.9, 12, 41-45 However, the controllable synthesis of polymorphic sCOFs, more specifically, the controlled synthesis of sCOFs with diverse topologies, has been rarely studied. Herein, we report the polymorphic sCOFs fabricated by the reaction between 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-formylphenyl)pyrene (1) with D2h symmetry and ditopic diamine monomers (2, 3, 4) with different lengths (Scheme 1). Due to the reduced symmetry of the employed monomer (monomer 1) compared to typical monomers with C3 or C4 symmetry, polymorphic sCOFs are expected. Highly ordered covalent networks with the morphologies of rhombus,


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parallelogram as well as Kagome are disclosed by scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The product distribution can be tuned by adjusting the monomer concentration. The comparison between the polymorphic structures by on-surface synthesis and self-assembly points out that the reversibility of the dynamic covalent chemistry is the key for the concentration controlled polymorphic sCOFs synthesis.

Scheme 1. Topological design of polymorphic sCOFs and chemical structures of monomers: 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-formylphenyl)pyrene (1), p-phenylenediamine (2), benzidine dihydrochloride (3), 4,4’’-diamino-p-terphenyl (4).


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RESULTS AND DISCUSSTION

Figure 1. (a) Large scale STM image of polymorphic sCOFs obtained by monomer 1 + 2, revealing the coexisting rhombus (I), parallelogram (II), and Kagome (III) networks. (b) High resolution STM image showing the boundary of parallelogram and Kagome morphological networks. Imaging conditions: Vbias = 700 mV, It = 500 pA. sCOFs Fabricated by Monomer 1 + 2. Figure 1a gives the representative STM image obtained by Schiff-base reaction between monomer 1 and 2 on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). The condensation reaction was carried out at 120 °C for 3h in a closed system. Three kinds of highly ordered sCOFs were formed with different morphologies, including rhombus, parallelogram, and Kagome networks. A high-resolution STM image of the polymorphic sCOFs is displayed in Figure 1b. This result is distinct from that in the bulk COFs synthesized by solvothermal method using the same monomer combination, in which only quadrate networks are acquired.46-48


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Figure 2. Overview of the three morphological sCOFs formed by reaction between monomer 1 and 2. (a, c, e) High resolution STM images of the rhombus, parallelogram, and Kagome morphological networks, respectively. (b, d, f) Structural models of the three morphological networks. Imaging conditions: Vbias = 700 mV, It = 500 pA. Figure 2 presents the high-resolution STM images of each kind of sCOF with the corresponding structural models. Regular networks with uniform pores can be observed for two types of quadrate sCOFs. The measured lattice parameters of the rhombus networks (Figure 2a) are a = b = 2.5 ± 0.2 nm; γ = 82 ± 2°. Structural analysis of the parallelogram networks (Figure 2c) reveals the experimental lattice parameters are a = 2.3 ± 0.2 nm; b = 2.5 ± 0.2 nm; γ = 71 ±


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2°. Detailed structural analysis indicates that the difference between two structures can be understood by the configuration of imine bond (See SI for details). Specifically, the imine bonds in the rhombus networks are heterdromous after condensation (Figure 2b), whereas they are homodromous in the parallelogram networks (Figure 2d). The structural modeling results in excellent agreement between the experimental and simulated lattice parameters (Table 1). Figure 2e discloses the structural details of the highly ordered Kagome sCOF. The Kagome networks contain two disparate types of pores, i.e. triangular and hexagonal ones. The lattice parameters of Kagome morphological sCOF are measured to be a = 4.7 ± 0.2 nm; b = 4.9 ± 0.2 nm; γ = 61 ± 2°, which are in excellent agreement with the expected value by structural modeling (a = b = 4.77 nm; γ = 60°). Similar bulk COFs bearing two different kinds of pores are constructed under solvothermal conditions recently, by employing tetraphenylethene-cored precursors or monomer with reduced symmetry.29-33 Compared to quadrate networks, the orientation of molecule 1 in the Kagome morphological networks is rotated 120° at vertex of each hexagon. In addition, the imine bonds in the Kagome networks keep homodromous configuration (Figure 2f), which is responsible for the high possibility of the domain boundary between Kagome morphological networks and parallelogram networks (as shown in Figure 1b).


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Table 1. Structural parameters of rhombus, parallelogram, and Kagome morphological sCOFs obtained by reactions between monomer 1 and 2, 3, 4. combination 1+2

1+3

1+4

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a(nm)a, b

b(nm)a, b

γ(°)a, b

Nc

area(nm2)d

D(nm-2)e

Rhombus

2.5±0.2(2.45)

2.5±0.2(2.45)

82±2(83)

1

5.96

0.168

Parallelogram

2.3±0.2(2.38)

2.5±0.2(2.45)

71±2(70)

1

5.48

0.182

Kagome

4.7±0.2(4.77)

4.9±0.2(4.77)

61±2(60)

3

19.7

0.152

Rhombus

2.8±0.2(2.87)

2.9±0.2(2.87)

80±2(79)

1

8.09

0.124

Parallelogram

2.8±0.2(2.81)

2.9±0.2(2.87)

69±2(68)

1

7.48

0.134

Kagome

5.7±0.2(5.63)

5.8±0.2(5.63)

60±2(60)

3

27.5

0.109

Rhombus

3.3±0.2(3.29)

3.3±0.2(3.29)

78±2(77)

1

10.5

0.095

Parallelogram

3.2±0.2(3.24)

3.4±0.2(3.29)

66±2(67)

1

9.83

0.102

Kagome

6.6±0.2(6.49)

6.6±0.2(6.49)

60±2(60)

3

36.5

0.082

structure

The definition of the unit cell can refer to Figure 2.

b

The simulated value is given in

parentheses. c Number of tetraphenylpyrene-cored units per unit cell. d Unit cell area. e Network density (number of tetrapheneylpyrene core/nm2). Polymorphological sCOFs Fabricated by Other Monomers. To investigate the influence of the length of the ditopic building blocks on the growth of sCOFs, monomers 3 and 4 were employed to fabricate sCOFs with molecule 1 (Scheme 1). Three morphological sCOFs, including rhombus, parallelogram, and Kagome networks are all observed in both reaction systems (Figure S3 and Figure 3). By elongating the backbone of the diamine through adding phenyl groups one by one, a series of sCOFs with tunable pore size and periodicity are obtained, which have the potential to accommodate functional guest molecules with different sizes. The unit cell parameters of each morphological sCOFs determined from STM characterization are listed in the Table 1, which show good consistency with the expected size predicted by structural modeling (given in parentheses in Table 1). These results unambiguously demonstrate the covalent bond formation. In the previous report, longer diamine molecule results in a decreased


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domain size of the desired sCOFs and the formation of disordered structures when reacting with tetradentate precursors with TTF as backbone.49 However, high-quality networks with few disordered structures or defects are acquired independent of the length of the linear diamine monomers in this study.

Figure 3. Influence of monomer concentration on the growth of sCOFs by monomer 1 + 4. (a-d) STM images of the generated networks obtained at monomer 1 concentration: 1 × 10-4 mol/L; 2 × 10-5 mol/L; 4 × 10-6 mol/L; 2 × 10-6 mol/L, respectively. (e) High resolution STM image of Kagome morphological networks. Imaging conditions: Vbias = 700 mV, It = 500 pA.


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Concentration Effect on the Product Distribution. Next, we explore the effect of monomer concentration on the product distribution. Taking the reaction between monomer 1 and 4 as example, by keeping the molar ratio of two building blocks constant (aldehyde : amine = 1 : 2), a clear dependence of the product distribution on the monomer concentration is disclosed. Figure 3 displays typical STM images acquired at four different concentrations. Statistical analysis of the concentration-dependent occupancy of the three morphological networks is summarized in Figure 4. The occupancy of each sCOFs is calculated by dividing the area of each morphological networks by the area of all kinds of structures, which provides a measure of relative structure ratio of each morphological networks. At an aldehyde concentration of 1 × 10-4 mol/L, two types of quadrate networks are the major products (Figure 3a). The occupancies of rhombus and parallelogram networks are 41%; 59%, respectively (Figure 4, Table S2). The Kagome network appears at an aldehyde concentration of 2 × 10-5 mol/L with the occupancy of 6%. Small domains of Kagome networks can be seen in Figure 3b (marked by white dashed circles). Upon decreasing the monomer concentration, the Kagome network becomes the dominant product (60% at an aldehyde concentration of 4 × 10-6 mol/L) with decreasing coverage of both rhombus and parallelogram morphological networks (Figure 3c). And the occupancy of the Kagome network reaches 89% at the lowest concentration probed (2 × 10-6 mol/L for aldehyde monomer) as shown in Figure 3d. Figure 3e shows a magnified STM image of Kagome morphological networks in Figure 3d. Highly ordered Kagome lattice with triangular and hexagonal pores are disclosed.


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Figure 4. The histogram shows the concentration-dependent occupancy of the three morphological networks: rhombus (cyan), parallelogram (violet), and Kagome (magenta). Similar trend of product distribution on monomer concentration is disclosed in the cases of co-condensation of monomer 1 + 2 and 1 + 3. Statistical analysis (Figure 4) reveals that two types of quadrate networks are preferred at high concentration. Upon decreasing the monomer concentration, the occupancies of both rhombus and parallelogram networks fall while the occupancy of Kagome networks increases. The representative STM images showing the concentration dependent structure evolution in product distribution are displayed in Figure S4, S5. Discussion. The concentration guided product distribution can be understood by thermodynamic analysis. The imine linkage employed for sCOF synthesis in this work is a classic dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) reaction, which is reversible and controlled by thermodynamics. The spontaneous phase separation of rhombus, parallelogram, and Kagome networks are observed after reaction, which means that when three kinds of nuclei are formed


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simultaneously on the surface, the attached monomers can recognize the motifs of the nucleus and adjust themselves to grow up to form the same morphological sCOFs exclusively. Such a process clearly demonstrates that the on-surface DCC is thermodynamic controlled and reversible. Taking the rhombus and parallelogram structures as example, they only differ each other by the relative configuration of imine bond around monomer 1 core (Figure S2). If there are any mismatched motifs formed, the disordered structure would bring distortion of the bond length or bond angle (Figure S6), and therefore thermodynamically un-favored. The reversibility of DCC makes it possible for products to undergo “error-checking” or “proof-reading” process during the synthesis, which is crucial to obtaining well-ordered 2D covalent networks. Previously, self-sorting feature of dynamic covalent bonds to form only one or a small subset out of many possible structures has been widely demonstrated in the construction of macrocycles or organic cages in solution phase.50 Herein, this self-sorting process guarantees the formation of highly ordered polymorphic nanostructures. Next, we address the concentration controlled polymorphic structure distribution. For any pair of monomers, three structures have the same number of covalent bonds after reaction and therefore roughly have the same chemical free energy. The concentration guided product distribution for on surface synthesis is presumably related to the differences in the network density of three kinds of networks. The reaction is carried out under equilibrium control and the chemical potential of the surface supported structures after reaction can be described by51-52 ߤ௦ ~ ෍ ߛ௜ [݊݉ିଶ ] × ‫ܣ‬௜ ௜

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potential of monomer and substrate is at equilibrium during the reaction. As we increase the concentration of monomers, which increase the chemical potential of reactants, the structure with higher free energy density would be favored. As each structure has the same number of covalent bonds per monomer 1, the free energy density is proportional to the network density (D), i.e. the number of molecule 1 per area, which can be calculated by dividing the unit cell acreage by the number of molecule in every unit cell. Table 1 summarized the network density of each morphological sCOF obtained by reactions between monomer 1 and 2, 3, 4. For a given diamine monomer, the Kagome sCOF have a smaller network density than those of rhombus and parallelogram sCOFs. The experimental results show that decreasing the monomer concentration favors the formation of Kagome sCOF. The tendency of forming networks from high packing density to low packing density upon diluting is consistent with the above thermodynamic analysis. The concentration effect on polymorphic self-assembly nanostructures has been explored intensively. It has been shown that the lower the concentration, the larger the chance to obtain a low density assembly, which is confirmed to be a general phenomenon in concentrationdependent supramolecular assembly.34-36 In this study, we find that the same tendency also applies to the on-surface synthesis of covalent bond connected networks through dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC). In particular, it is noted that three polymorphic structures in the present system are almost iso-energetic as there is almost no involvement of intermolecular weak interactions. In contrast, the polymorphic assemblies are generally driven by different combination of intermolecular interaction and therefore have small free energy difference. The key to obtain highly ordered polymorphic structures is equilibrium control. In this work, we employ CuSO4·5H2O powder as thermodynamic regulation agent to improve the reversibility of the dehydration reaction.4b As a control experiment, the polymerization of monomer 1 and 4


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without the presence of water results in the formation of disordered products (Figure S7). In addition, reaction temperature also plays an important role. If we reduce the reaction temperature to 110 °C, three morphological sCOFs are still observed after on-surface reaction but with significantly decreased domain size and quality (Figure S8). This may be related with the decreased molecular diffusion rate at the low reaction temperature. We have investigated the influence of molecular ratio on the growth of polymorphic sCOFs as well. Deviation from stoichiometric ratio results in a large number of defects in the formed networks or linear byproduct as displayed in Figure S9 (See SI for details). CONCLUSION In summary, we demonstrate the polymorphic sCOFs via on-surface Schiff base reaction between D2h monomer 1 and ditopic diamine precursors. High-quality covalent networks with the morphologies of rhombus, parallelogram as well as Kagome are observed on graphite surface. By varying the backbone length of ditopic building blocks, a series of covalent networks with tunable pore size and periodicity are fabricated. It is well-established that concentration control is a general and powerful approach for structural selection in supramolecular assembly. And we find it can also be applied to the polymorphic controlled on-surface synthesis of covalent bond connected networks based on dynamic covalent bonds. Two types of quadrate networks are predominant products at relatively high concentration and their occupancies decrease upon diluting. The intriguing Kagome networks are biased to form under dilute conditions. The present study broadens the structural diversity of sCOFs depending on the rational design of precursors. The similarity in concentration controlled polymorphism in supramolecular assembly and on-surface dynamic reaction, owing to its reversible nature, implies other cues could to be used to achieve tailored synthesis of well-ordered surface covalent nanostructures.


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METHODS 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-formylphenyl)pyrene (1) was synthesis according to the reported procedures. Its 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra match well with those reported on related literature53. p-Phenylenediamine (2) was purchased from Acros. Benzidine dihydrochloride (3) was bought from Sigma and 4,4’’-diamino-p-terphenyl (4) was acquired from TCI. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was purchased from TCI. All the chemicals used in the present work, unless otherwise specified, were used without any further purification. In a typical synthesis procedure, 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-formylphenyl)pyrene (1) was mixed with linear diamine building blocks (benzidine dihydrochloride (3), or 4,4’’-diamino-p-terphenyl (4)) in THF with stoichiometric ratio. Then 5 µL solution containing two building blocks was deposited onto the surface of freshly cleaved HOPG. About 1.1 g CuSO4·5H2O powder was preloaded in the 100 mL Teflon-sealed autoclave to serve as chemical equilibrium regulation agent. Next, the HOPG loaded with reaction monomers was transferred into the autoclave as well and heating 120 °C for 3 hours. While in the case of p-phenylenediamine (2), the powder was added to the bottom of the 100 mL autoclave instead of dissolved in solution. STM characterization was carried out after cooling down to room temperature. STM experiments were performed under ambient conditions with mechanically cut Pt/Ir wires (90:10) by NanoscopeIIIa SPM (Bruker Nano). All the images were recorded in constantcurrent mode, which were shown without further processing. The statistical analysis was conducted by analyzing more than 20 STM images for each reaction at different concentrations. The STM images were collected from random positions of the surface for every sample. The occupancy of each structure was calculated by dividing the area of each morphological networks by the area of all kinds of structures, and the error bar was obtained by calculating the standard deviation of the data.


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ASSOCIATED CONTENT Supporting Information. Detailed structural analysis indicates the difference between two quadrate networks as well as the occupancy of each morphological sCOF at various monomer concentrations and the supplementary STM figures. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org. AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Author *[email protected]. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 21433011, 91527303), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB12020100) and the National Basic Research Program (2017YFA024702). REFERENCES 1. Liu, X. H.; Guan, C. Z.; Wang, D.; Wan, L. J., Graphene-Like Single-Layered Covalent Organic Frameworks: Synthesis Strategies and Application Prospects. Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 6912-6920. 2. Perepichka, D. F.; Rosei, F., Extending Polymer Conjugation into the Second Dimension. Science 2009, 323, 216-217. 3. Baughman, R. H.; Eckhardt, H.; Kertesz, M., Structure-Property Predictions for New Planar Forms of Carbon: Layered Phases Containing sp2 and sp Atoms. J. Chem. Phys. 1987, 87, 6687-6699. 4. Abraham, F. F.; Nelson, D. R., Diffraction from Polymerized Membranes. Science 1990, 249, 393-398. 5. Adjizian, J. J.; Briddon, P.; Humbert, B.; Duvail, J. L.; Wagner, P.; Adda, C.; Ewels, C., Dirac Cones in Two-Dimensional Conjugated Polymer Networks. Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 58425851. 6. Zwaneveld, N. A.; Pawlak, R.; Abel, M.; Catalin, D.; Gigmes, D.; Bertin, D.; Porte, L., Organized Formation of 2D Extended Covalent Organic Frameworks at Surfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6678-6679.


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