The ferromagnetic shandite Co3Sn2S2 has attracted great attention in physics and chemistry communities owing to its Kagome net, magnetism, and topological property. Here, for the first time, we report the effect of Sb doping on the crystal structure, magnetic interaction, and transport behavior of this ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal. A relatively low doping limit has been determined as x = 0.1 in a Co3Sn2–xSbxS2 system. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction indicates that the Sb doping shows a preferred occupation at the Sn sites between Kagome layers (Sn(1)) rather than the intralayer sites (Sn(2)), leading to the anisotropic contraction of the lattice. The ferromagnetic interaction is weakened upon Sb doping with the Curie temperature decreased from 172 to 146 K, which resulted from the shifting of the Fermi level toward high energy. Due to the electron injection, the Sb-doped sample shows the declined thermoelectric property with the reduced absolute value of the Seebeck coefficient compared to the parent compound. The anomalous Hall effect is still maintained in Co3Sn1.9Sb0.1S2 with the increased anomalous Hall resistivity based on the measurement on polycrystalline samples. Our work provides a new electron doping system to understand the interplay between the magnetism and quantum properties of this Weyl semimetal.
Supramolecular self-assembly offers a feasible route for nanopatterning and functionality. The construction and precise control of selective adsorption at the molecular scale play essential roles in fundamental sciences and practical applications. Molecular tiling such as trihexagonal tiling Kagome networks has potential promising chemical and physical properties. Distorted Kagome-like networks controllable fabrication is possible by coupling molecular functional groups and substrate atoms. A chiral Kagome-like network was constructed using IFDO ([1,2-b]fluorene-6,12-dione) as precursor molecules complemented with molecular beam epitaxy and annealing strategies. Revealing arrangements of the assembled network of O-Cu metal coordination linked Kagome-like networks on the Cu(1 1 1) surface and their assembly mechanisms and cavity characteristics were explored in detail through scanning tunneling microscopy combined with density functional theory. Based on the electronic state difference between the hole center of the network and the molecular backbone, the host–guest network was successfully prepared by co-depositing C 60 molecules. Kagome-like networks could as an efficient template for regulating the adsorption configuration of C 60 . Our results demonstrate a controllable and efficient method to design atomically precise ordered host–guest assemblies on solid surfaces, advancing the approach is yet another step toward the fabrication of molecular devices.