High Charge Carrier Mobility in Two Dimensional Indium (III) Isophthalic Acid Based Frameworks

The effect of dimensionality (1D to 2D) on charge carrier mobility have been studied thoroughly on three In(III)-isophthalate based MOFs [In-IA-1D, In-IA-2D-1 and -2]. In-IA-1D possess 1D nanotubular architecture with [(CH3)(2)NH2](+). In-IA-2D-1 have 2D layers containing only [(CH3)(2)NH2](+) cations. Whereas, In-IA-2D-2 have [(CH3)(2)NH2](+) cations as well as solvent DMF molecule inside the crystal structure. Due to presence of the pi-pi stacking arrangement among the phenyl rings of IA moieties facilitates the high charge carrier mobility (4.6 x 10(-3) cm(2) V-1 s(-1) at V-G = -40 V) in In-IA-2D-2. However, In-IA-1D and In-IA-2D-1 does not show any charge carrier mobility due to absence of pi-pi stacking arrangement.