Chemistry of 2D Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Since the ground-breaking experiment on graphene in 2004, 2D materials have attracted enormous attention among researchers from the chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering, medicine, and industrial sectors. Two-dimensional materials possess outstanding chemical and physical properties and hold many potential applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices, energy conversion and storage, biological engineering, nanocomposites, and membranes. Intensive research has stimulated the generation of various types of 2D semiconductors, semimetals, metals, and insulators, such as phosphorene, boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, transition metal oxides/hydroxides, transition metal carbides and carbonitrides, 2D polymers, etc.

Chemical approaches have been proven to be a promising route towards the large-scale production of 2D materials and their derivatives. This Special Issue aims to focus on the various chemical strategies for 2D materials; the topics include but are not limited to:

• Preparation and synthesis of 2D materials;
• Chemical modification of 2D materials;
• Characterization of 2D materials and functionalized 2D materials;
• Properties of 2D materials and functionalized 2D materials;
• Applications of 2D materials and functionalized 2D materials.

Dr. Xiaoyan Zhang
Dr. Raul Arenal
Prof. Dr. Yafei Li
Topic Editors