Covalent organic framework nanosheets (COF nanosheets) are two-dimensional crystalline porous polymers with in-plane covalent bonds and out-of-plane Van der Waals forces. Owing to the customizable structure, chemical modification, ultra-high porosity, COF show many fascinating properties unique traditional materials, have shown potential applications in gas separation, sensors, electronic, opto...

Herein, the synthesis of MoTe2 nanosheets by means Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is demonstrated for first time. ALD enables tight control over thickness and composition deposited material, which are highly appealing features nanostructure fabrication. The growth was studied on substrates different nature, including TiO2 nanotube (TNT) layers used as active supporting material fabricating hiera...

The possibility of a controlled assembly of 2-dimensional (2D) nanosheets (NSs) into ordered arrays or even more sophisticated structures offers tremendous opportunities in the context of fabrication of a variety of NSs based devices. Reports of such ordered NSs are rare and all conventional "top-down" methods typically led to coarse structures exhibiting only limited surface quality. In this w...

Because developed neural cells are no longer regenerative and proliferative, achieving regenerations by using induced pluripotent stem (IPS cells) for nerve diseases have recently attracted much attention. Since the IPS cells’ growth differentiation can be manipulated different physical chemicals cues, scaffolds combining beneficial nanostructures extracellular matrix may become an ideal interf...

The design and synthesis of efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction under all pH conditions is extremely desirable but still remains a challenge. Here a facile method to decorate PdTe nanowires on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets (PdTe NWs/rGO) has been developed. As a robust integrated 2D hydrogen-evolving cathode catalyst, the Pd3.02Te NWs/rGO shows a low onset potential o...

The nature of the external crystal facets is critical to control the (photo)catalytic properties. Two-dimensional materials can expose only one type of crystal facet among zero-dimensional (0D), one-dimensional (1D), and two-dimensional (2D) materials. Controllable tuning of the nature of the external crystal facets of 2D materials is highly desirable but very challenging. Here, we show that 2D...

We have realized in-situ growth of ultrathin ZnIn2S4 nanosheets on the sheet-like g-C3N4 surfaces to construct a "sheet-on-sheet" hierarchical heterostructure. The as-synthesized ZnIn2S4/g-C3N4 heterojunction nanosheets exhibit remarkably enhancement on the photocatalytic activity for H2 production. This enhanced photoactivity is mainly attributed to the efficient interfacial transfer of photoi...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have been received increasing attention in various fields such as physics, material science, chemistry and engineering. In particular, the graphene-based membrane is an emerging subject mainly due to the atomic thickness, simple processing and the compatibility with other materials. In the case of water treatment, stable graphene-based laminar structures as well a...