A research team including Cluster Postdoctoral Researcher Chatrawee Scheiger and Mariana Kozlowska, and Cluster PIs Christof Wöll and Wolfgang Wenzel has demonstrated the first MOF thin film with true metallic conductivity. Using AI-guided robotic synthesis, the team fabricated highly ordered Cu₃(HHTP)₂ thin films with conductivities exceeding 200 S/m at room temperature. This metallic behavior is linked to Dirac cones in the material’s hexagonal structure, which enables highly mobile charge carriers. This breakthrough opens new possibilities for MOFs in electronics, sensing, energy storage, and quantum materials.
© Scheiger et al., Materials Horizons, 2025, CC BY 3.0
