Mesoscopic organic nanosheets peeled from stacked 2D covalent frameworks

• Main Authors: Ying, Jackie Y., Zhang, Yugen, Tan, Meixuan, Li, Hai, Zheng, Yuangang, Gao, Shujun, Zhang, Hua
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95688; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8324
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Novel mesoscopic organic nanosheets were developed by functionalizing bulk 2D organic covalent framework polymers with small molecules. The water-soluble fluorescent nanosheets are promising as nanocarriers for biological applications.