Fig. 1: The bulk structure characterization and thickness measurement of Hf-MOLs nanosheets. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: The bulk structure characterization and thickness measurement of Hf-MOLs nanosheets.

From: Observation of formation and local structures of metal-organic layers via complementary electron microscopy techniques

Fig. 1

a Schematic illustration of the construction of MOLs from 6-connected Hf-clusters and 3-connected BTB ligands with the connectivity indicated by golden arrows. The elements are represented as Hf, red; O, blue; C, black. b Representative HAADF-STEM image and the corresponding elemental maps of Hf, C and O using Super-X EDS at cryogenic temperature. c A representative high-resolution HAADF-STEM image of MOLs shows hexagonal arrangements of clusters. d, e Tapping-mode AFM topography of the Hf-MOLs with different regions. f Height profile along the red line in d and blue line in e. Scale bars: b 500 nm; c 10 nm; d, e 1 µm.

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