Scalable Synthesis of Two-dimensional Polymer Crystals and Exfoliation into Nanometer-thin Sheets

Authors

  • Max J. Kory Department of Materials, Vladimir Prelog Weg 5, HCI J541, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • A. Dieter Schlüter Department of Materials, Vladimir Prelog Weg 5, HCI J541, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. dieter.schlueter@mat.ethz.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2015.217

Keywords:

Photochemistry, Polymers, Solid-state chemistry, Two-dimensional materials, X-ray crystallography

Abstract

Two-dimensional materials have moved into the spotlight of researchers. The isolation of single graphene sheets has shown that restricted dimensionality can lead to interesting properties. Bottom-up synthesis of organic, covalently-bonded structures is, however, still challenging. In this publication we give a synopsis of a recently published monomer that is easily accessible and reversibly provides chiral two-dimensional polymer single crystals, which can be exfoliated into nanometer-thin sheets and show promise for applications in, for example, nonlinear optics and ultrathin membranes.

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Published

2015-04-29