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Inside Cover: Ultrathin Hexagonal Hybrid Nanosheets Synthesized by Graphene Oxide‐Assisted Exfoliation of β‐Co(OH) 2 Mesocrystals (Chem. Eur. J. 39/2014)
Author(s) -
Deng Suzi,
Thomas Cherian Christie,
Liu Xiao li,
Tan Hui Ru,
Yeo Li Hsia,
Yu Xiaojiang,
Rusydi Andrivo,
Chowdari B. V. R.,
Fan Hai Ming,
Sow Chorng Haur
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490163
Subject(s) - nanosheet , graphene , exfoliation joint , oxide , materials science , nanotechnology , hexagonal crystal system , colloid , chemical engineering , chemistry , crystallography , engineering , metallurgy
Nanosheet building blocks in flower‐like mesocrystals are interspaced by organic additives and held together by complex inter‐sheet interactions. Therefore, the ability to exfoliate mesocrystals requires an appropriate modifier that can interact with the organic additive and weaken the interaction between the nanosheets. In their Full paper on page 12444 ff., S. Deng, H.‐M. Fan et al. show that graphene oxide (GO), a quasi‐two‐dimensional (2D) structure tethered with abundant functional groups with dual molecular‐colloidal properties, acts as an exfoliant of the mesocrystals.