The dream to prepare well-defined materials drives the methodological evolution for
molecular synthesis, structural control and materials manufacturing. Among various …

Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

Abstract 2D carbon nitride nanosheets have attracted ever‐increasing interest in
photocatalysis due to their unique structural advantages. However, the nanosheets …

On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising research field aimed at
creating new organic materials. A large number of chemical reactions have been …

The discovery of graphene one decade ago has triggered enormous interest in developing
two-dimensional materials (2DMs)—that is 2D allotropes of various elements or compounds …

Despite rapid progress in recent years, it has remained challenging to prepare crystalline
two-dimensional polymers. Here, we report the controlled synthesis of few-layer two …

Nanosize pores can turn semimetallic graphene into a semiconductor and, from being
impermeable, into the most efficient molecular-sieve membrane. However, scaling the pores …

Porous organic polymers (POPs) are porous materials composed of light elements such as
C, H, N, and O. The benign characters, including large surface area, good physical and …

Graphene nanoribbons hold great promise for future applications in nanoelectronic devices,
as they may combine the excellent electronic properties of graphene with the opening of an …

With the rapid development of scanning probe microscopy, it has become possible to study
polymerization processes on suitable surfaces at the atomic level and in real space. In the …