| abstract |
The present invention is directed to compositions comprising free standing and stacked assemblies of two dimensional crystalline solids, and methods of making the same. Typically, two-dimensional, 2-D, free-standing crystals exhibit properties that differ from those of their three-dimensional, 3-D, counterparts. Currently, however, there are relatively few materials which can be described as 2-D, atomically-scaled layered solids. Clearly the most studied freestanding 2-D material is graphene, but other materials include hexagonal BN, certain transition metal oxides, hydroxides, and silicates, including clays, S2N, MoS2 and WS2 are also known. |