Mastering polymer chemistry in two dimensions

Abstract

Organic 2D materials display valuable properties that are unique from their bulk counterparts, but creating covalent sheets with long-ranging order remains a formidable challenge. Now, reacting complementary monomers right below a surfactant monolayer on water proves to be a powerful method to create organic 2D materials with long-range order. Organic 2D materials display valuable properties that are unique from their bulk counterparts, but creating covalent sheets with long-ranging order remains a formidable challenge. Now, reacting complementary monomers right below a surfactant monolayer on water proves to be a powerful method to create organic 2D materials with long-range order.