Two-Dimensional Soft Nanomaterials: A Fascinating World of Materials

The discovery of graphene has triggered great interest in two‐dimensional (2D) nanomaterials for scientists in chemistry, physics, materials science, and related areas. In the family of newly developed 2D nanostructured materials, 2D soft nanomaterials, including graphene, BxCyNz nanosheets, 2D poly...

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Published in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 403 - 427
Main Authors: Zhuang, Xiaodong, Mai, Yiyong, Wu, Dongqing, Zhang, Fan, Feng, Xinliang
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 21.01.2015
Subjects:
Covalence
Energy storage
Graphene
Materials science
Nanomaterials
Nanostructure
Polymers
self-assembly
soft materials
supramolecular structures
Synthesis
Two dimensional
self-assembly
two-dimensional
supramolecular structures
graphene
soft materials
ISSN:0935-9648, 1521-4095, 1521-4095
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Summary:The discovery of graphene has triggered great interest in two‐dimensional (2D) nanomaterials for scientists in chemistry, physics, materials science, and related areas. In the family of newly developed 2D nanostructured materials, 2D soft nanomaterials, including graphene, BxCyNz nanosheets, 2D polymers, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and 2D supramolecular organic nanostructures, possess great advantages in light‐weight, structural control and flexibility, diversity of fabrication approaches, and so on. These merits offer 2D soft nanomaterials a wide range of potential applications, such as in optoelectronics, membranes, energy storage and conversion, catalysis, sensing, biotechnology, etc. This review article provides an overview of the development of 2D soft nanomaterials, with special highlights on the basic concepts, molecular design principles, and primary synthesis approaches in the context. Two‐dimensional (2D) soft nanomaterials are reviewed, including graphene, BxCyNz nanosheets, 2D polymers, covalent organic frameworks, and 2D supramolecular organic nanostructures, etc. The basic concepts, molecular design principles, and primary synthesis approaches developed for 2D soft nanomaterials in the past five years are introduced.
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ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201401857