Coexistence of Conducting and Magnetic Electrons Based on Molecular π-Electrons in the Supramolecular Conductor (Me-3,5-DIP)[Ni(dmit)₂]₂

The supramolecular conductor (Me-3,5-DIP)[Ni(dmit)2]2, which was prepared by electrochemical oxidation, consists of two crystallographically independent layers of Ni(dmit)2 anions (Layers I and II). The tight-binding band calculation suggests that Layer I is in a Mott insulating state to include localized spins, and Layer II displays two-dimensional metallic conduction. The coexistence of the two contrastive molecular π-electrons of Ni(dmit)2 anions is evidenced by electrical resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements.