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• Article | 25 April 2022

  Fabrication of devices featuring covalently linked MoS₂–graphene heterostructures

  2D–2D heterostructures are typically held together by van der Waals interactions. Now, an on-device MoS₂–graphene heterostructure has been prepared that is covalently linked through a bifunctional molecule featuring a maleimide and a diazonium group. The electronic properties of the resulting heterostructure are shown to be dominated by the molecular interface.

  • Manuel Vázquez Sulleiro
  • , Aysegul Develioglu
  •  & Emilio M. Pérez

• Article | 10 August 2015

  Ultrahigh-throughput exfoliation of graphite into pristine ‘single-layer’ graphene using microwaves and molecularly engineered ionic liquids

  Graphene possesses numerous interesting properties yet the preparation of pristine sheets has remained challenging, hindering practical applications. Now, a rapid, highly efficient step has been devised that uses microwave irradiation in oligomeric ionic liquids to exfoliate graphite into pristine ‘single layer’ sheets (<1 nm thick). A concentrated dispersion of the resulting material behaves as a physical gel.

  • Michio Matsumoto
  • , Yusuke Saito
  •  & Takuzo Aida