Doping Induced Strongly COrrelated Metal Organic Frameworks
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Chemistry
Abstract
Strongly correlated materials are the source of many of the biggest unsolved puzzles in physics and could potentially revolutionise
information technology, through robust quantum computation, spintronics or superconductivity. However, these materials lie on the
border between localisation and delocalisation and so small changes in charge, composition and weak interactions can switch a
material between states: whether metal, insulator or superconductor. Realising target properties therefore requires careful control
over their stoichiometry and interactions. The modularity and directional bonds in magnetic and electronically conducting metalorganic frameworks (MECMOFs) permits design over the interactions and structures impossible in conventional inorganic or organic
materials. The first examples of MECMOFs with high conductivity and magnetic ordering temperatures have just now been made, but
as a new class of materials, our toolbox of methods for MECMOFs lags behind that of conventional strongly correlated materials, in
both synthesis of non-stoichiometric materials and measurement of their quantum properties. In this project, we will use doping with
charge carriers and ligands to transform these first examples of strongly correlated MECMOFs into a new class of quantum materials.
Strongly correlated materials have complex orderings, structural orbital and spin, so I will use my expertise in diffraction and
spectroscopy techniques to uncover the hidden orders within these materials. We will also develop methods to measure the
quantum properties of Doping Induced Strongly COrrelated MOFs (DISCO MOFs), using the power of (in)elastic neutron scattering
and advanced physical property measurements, in field and under pressure. DISCO MOFs will allow us to design in MECMOFs exotic
strongly correlated states, such as unconventional superconductors, heavy fermion states, and quantum spin liquids, able to resolve
fundamental problems and produce transformational technologies.
information technology, through robust quantum computation, spintronics or superconductivity. However, these materials lie on the
border between localisation and delocalisation and so small changes in charge, composition and weak interactions can switch a
material between states: whether metal, insulator or superconductor. Realising target properties therefore requires careful control
over their stoichiometry and interactions. The modularity and directional bonds in magnetic and electronically conducting metalorganic frameworks (MECMOFs) permits design over the interactions and structures impossible in conventional inorganic or organic
materials. The first examples of MECMOFs with high conductivity and magnetic ordering temperatures have just now been made, but
as a new class of materials, our toolbox of methods for MECMOFs lags behind that of conventional strongly correlated materials, in
both synthesis of non-stoichiometric materials and measurement of their quantum properties. In this project, we will use doping with
charge carriers and ligands to transform these first examples of strongly correlated MECMOFs into a new class of quantum materials.
Strongly correlated materials have complex orderings, structural orbital and spin, so I will use my expertise in diffraction and
spectroscopy techniques to uncover the hidden orders within these materials. We will also develop methods to measure the
quantum properties of Doping Induced Strongly COrrelated MOFs (DISCO MOFs), using the power of (in)elastic neutron scattering
and advanced physical property measurements, in field and under pressure. DISCO MOFs will allow us to design in MECMOFs exotic
strongly correlated states, such as unconventional superconductors, heavy fermion states, and quantum spin liquids, able to resolve
fundamental problems and produce transformational technologies.
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| Matthew Cliffe (Principal Investigator) |