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Frontispiece: Metal Oxide Nanosheets as 2D Building Blocks for the Design of Novel Materials
Author(s) -
Timmerman Melvin A.,
Xia Rui,
Le Phu T. P.,
Wang Yang,
Elshof Johan E.
Publication year - 2020
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.202084263
Subject(s) - oxide , nanoelectronics , materials science , nanotechnology , metal , nanocrystal , catalysis , delamination (geology) , metallurgy , chemistry , paleontology , biochemistry , biology , subduction , tectonics
Two‐dimensional metal oxide nanocrystals are often made by a chemical delamination process in water, which involves a layered oxide phase as the starting material. The exfoliated nanosheets have aspect ratios comparable with that of a paper sheet, and they are also very flexible. Oxide nanosheets can be used as building blocks for the construction of improved or entirely new functional materials for a wide range of application areas: nanoelectronics, energy storage, catalysis and tribology, to name just a few. For more details see the Review by J. E. ten Elshof et al. on page 9084 ff.