Themed collection Chemistry of 2-dimensional materials: beyond graphene

The Faraday Discussion “Chemistry of 2-dimensional materials: beyond graphene” has been an incredible showcase for a variety of highly interesting contributions in the field.

Pyrene derivatives with extremely low solubility can be exceptionally efficient as exfoliating agents.

Micro-array printing, inversion moulding and electrodeposition are used to pattern catalytic Pt-layers on graphene-encapsulated microparticles, enabling their locomotion in H₂O₂.

We demonstrate a strategy to drive the assembly of molybdenum disulfide nanosheets and their disassembly in response to different stimuli.

We investigate exfoliated layers of InSe and GaSe ranging from bulk crystals down to monolayer, encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride, using Raman spectroscopy.

Nanographenes and graphene nanoribbons are unique connectors between the domains of 1D-conjugated polymers and 2D-graphenes. They can be synthesized with high precision in solution and on-surface, and serve as ideal objects for nanoscience.

This paper describes different applications of exfoliated and reassembled graphite (ERG) that may contribute to increasing the strategic and economic impact of 2D materials.

The enzymatic activity of eosinophil peroxidase secreted by human immune cells leads to degradation of different sources of graphene oxide.

We investigated the electronic structures of novel graphitic carbon nitride-based materials by replacing the nitrogen linker with heteroatoms or aromatic groups.

Graphene oxide (GO) coated hollow fiber filters could selectively capture three target water contaminants. The separation mechanism relies on synergic physical size exclusion and intercalation of solute 6 molecules between GO layers

Systematic study of the effect of chemical vapor deposition conditions on the incorporation of Nb interstitials between NbS₂ layers.

Novel use of hexagonal boron nitride quantum dots (hBN QDs) for electrochemical detection of ferritin.

We describe aerosol jet-printable ionogels with high ionic conductivities and mechanical strengths using exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanoplatelets as the solid matrix.

In situ Raman spectroscopy was used to monitor the electrochemical exfoliation processes on graphite in various electrolytes.

2-Dimensional TiO₂ is synthesized for the first time by a sol–gel self-assembly of Ti–oxoalkoxy–acetate complexes.

We propose a sequential Al₂O₃ encapsulation of silicene as a solution to degradation, that can be extended to the general case of epitaxial Xenes on substrates.

Adding single metal atoms to graphitic carbon nitrides alters their properties, impacting their use in photocatalysis.

Electron irradiation induced synthesis of molecular nanosheets from aromatic self-assembled reveals different mechanisms depending on the applied beam energy.

Electrochemically exfoliated graphene–metal oxide hybrids with a unique layer-interlocked structure were assembled and explored as flexible electrodes for Li-ion batteries.

Graphene-supported, highly reduced, high surface area CoO thin films, produced by straight-forward NaBH₄ reduction of cobalt nitrate in a sonicated DMF suspension of bulk graphite, are highly active for low temperature CO oxidation.

The meso-entropy concept is proposed to re-understand the material world and to develop new carbon-rich materials.