2026/01/01 by Anna Zhuravlova, Paolo Samorì, Antonio Gaetano Ricciardulli · 1 voice
Materials Science · Chemistry · #Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry #Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials #Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d5nr05499k
openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/03/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Covalent chemistry provides a robust route to functionalize transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), endowing them with new properties and enabling control over their interfaces. This minireview surveys covalent functionalization strategies for TMDs, emphasising site-selectivity and preferential binding to the basal plane or at the edges. It also discusses how these reactions enable the formation of covalently interconnected vertical heterostructures and lateral percolated homo- and heteronetworks, which can be assembled directly from TMD inks. We highlight emerging examples of such covalent 2D-2D architectures and outline challenges and opportunities in scalable covalent homo- and heterostructures fabrication featuring solution-processed TMDs.