Each mechanical bond has some wiggle room, allowing flexibility without losing strength. These 2D polymer sheets pack an incredible punch with their density—100 trillion mechanical bonds per ...

While there has been substantial progress in synthesizing monolayer 2D polymers (2DP), the development of bilayer 2DP stacks remains limited. This area is particularly promising, as stacking or ...

The resulting material consists of layers of two-dimensional (2D) polymer sheets where ends of X-shaped monomers are interlocked with ends of other X-shaped monomers, and more monomers are ...

Synthetic 2D polymers made from well-defined monomers promise to expand the range of such materials, but are very difficult to synthesize. A collection of articles in this Focus highlights some of ...

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in imaging the dynamic assembly of bilayer covalent organic frameworks in solution.

This illustration shows how X-shaped monomers are interlinked to create the first 2D mechanically interlocked polymer. Similar to chainmail, the material exhibits exceptional strength. Disclaimer ...

Conducting polymers, such as polyaniline ... have developed a novel 2DPANI crystal by virtue of a topology-directed 2D polymerization of aniline using an anionic surfactant monolayer on the ...

Two decades on from the first reported covalent organic frameworks, Nina Notman investigates what their future holds ...

Chiral-structural-color materials produce color through microscopic structures that interact with light rather than through ...

The multilayer-stacked 2D polyaniline crystal with unique metallic ... according to the study published in Nature on Thursday. Conducting polymers are celebrated for their electrical conductivity.

Synthetic 2D polymers made from well-defined monomers promise to expand the range of such materials, but are very difficult to synthesize. A collection of articles in this Focus highlights some of ...

BEIJING -- An international team of researchers has synthesized a multilayer-stacked two-dimensional polyaniline ... Conducting polymers are celebrated for their electrical conductivity.