Electrical conductivity and electroluminescence of a new anthracene-based metal–organic framework with π-conjugated zigzag chains

Abstract

A new three-dimensional microporous MOF has been constructed using a highly conjugated anthracene-based ligand. The rarely occurring long-range π-stacking of the ligand in the form of a zigzag chain has been found in the MOF structure, which provides not only a new charge transport pathway with high electrical conductivity of 1.3 (±0.5) × 10⁻³ S cm⁻¹ but also an electroluminescence property with an emission centred at 575 nm.