Ion-Driven Self-Assembly of Lanthanide Bis-phthalocyaninates into Conductive Quasi-MOF Nanowires: an Approach toward Easily Recyclable Organic Electronics

Controlled self-assembly and rapid disintegration of supramolecular nanowires is potentially useful for ecology-friendly organic electronics. Herein, a novel method exploiting the binding between crown-substituted double-decker lanthanide phthalocyaninates (ML2, M = Lu, Ce, Tb) and K+ ions is applied for the one-step fabrication of macroscopically long conductive one-dimensional quasi-metal-organic frameworks. Their properties are controlled by...