Crystallization of molecular layers produced under confinement onto a surface.

It is well known that molecules confined very close to a surface arrange into molecular layers. Because solid-liquid interfaces are ubiquitous in the chemical, biological and physical sciences, it is crucial to develop methods to easily access molecular layers and exploit their distinct properties by producing molecular layered crystals. Here we report a method based on crystallization in ultra-thin puddles enabled by gas blowing, which allows to produce molecular layered crystals with thickness down to the monolayer onto a surface, making them directly accessible for characterization and further processing.

Fully printed memristors made with MoS and graphene water-based inks.

2-Dimensional materials (2DMs) offer an attractive solution for the realization of high density and reliable memristors, compatible with printed and flexible electronics. In this work we fabricate a fully inkjet printed MoS-based resistive switching memory, where graphene is used as top electrode and silver is used as bottom electrode. Memristic effects are observed only after annealing of each printed component.

Novel Anticounterfeiting Solution Based on 2D Materials Produced by Electrochemical Exfoliation.

This work demonstrates the use of 2D materials (2DMs) as identification tags by exploiting their unique shape. Electrochemical exfoliation enables the production of large quantities of optically accessible 2DMs with diverse morphology and large lateral sizes up to 20 µm. Image processing techniques are used to facilitate shape identification and matching within a dataset of 500 unique nanosheets.

Effects of Lateral Size, Thickness, and Stabilizer Concentration on the Cytotoxicity of Defect-Free Graphene Nanosheets: Implications for Biological Applications.

In this work, we apply liquid cascade centrifugation to highly concentrated graphene dispersions produced by liquid-phase exfoliation in water with an insoluble bis-pyrene stabilizer to obtain fractions containing nanosheets with different lateral size distributions. The concentration, stability, size, thickness, and the cytotoxicity profile are studied as a function of the initial stabilizer concentration for each fraction. Our results show that there is a critical initial amount of stabilizer (0.

Enhanced liquid phase exfoliation of graphene in water using an insoluble bis-pyrene stabiliser.

Stabilisers, such as surfactants, polymers and polyaromatic molecules, offer an effective way to produce graphene dispersions in water by Liquid Phase Exfoliation (LPE) without degrading the properties of graphene. In particular, pyrene derivatives provide better exfoliation efficiency than traditional surfactants and polymers. A stabiliser is expected to be relatively soluble in order to disperse hydrophobic graphene in water.

Exploiting the Surface Properties of Graphene for Polymorph Selectivity.

Producing crystals of the desired form (polymorph) is currently a challenge as nucleation is yet to be fully understood. Templated crystallization is an efficient approach to achieve polymorph selectivity; however, it is still unclear how to design the template to achieve selective crystallization of specific polymorphs. More insights into the nanoscale interactions happening during nucleation are needed.