Two-dimensional Polymers in Microscopy and Spatially Resolved Vibrational Analysis – A Review

Authors

  • Timo S. G. Niepel Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zurich
  • Yashashwa Pandey Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zurich
  • Renato Zenobi Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zurich. Email: zenobi@org.chem.ethz.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.493

PMID:

38549212

Keywords:

2d polymer, Afm, Nanomaterials, Spectroscopy, Stm, Ters

Abstract

Two-dimensional polymers comprise a novel class of macromolecules with promising mechanical and chemical properties that have recently become accessible under mild synthetic conditions. As nanometer-sized holes and defects are likely to influence these materials' properties, there is a need for analytical methods to spatially and chemically characterize them down to the nanoscale. In this article, we compare tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to common methods in nanoanalysis for the investigation of defect sites in molecularly thin 2D-polymer sheets and briefly present measures to meet the challenges arising from tip-induced degradation processes.

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2019-07-26

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