The Photo-CD team published a new article:

On the nucleation and fast reaction kinetics of 2D polymerisation with a 2-in-1 monomer

Niklas HerrmannCristina MartinSamuel EyleyYusen LiNerea BilbaoVíctor Rubio-Giménez Mark Van der AuweraerWim Thielemans Long Chen Kunal S. Mali  and Steven De Feyter

Chemical communications  2023, 59, 9211-9214  10.1039/D3CC01032E

Abstract:

We report on the fast reaction kinetics of an imine based 2D polymer (2DP) formed from a single monomer carrying both aldehyde and amine groups. Our results point towards a direct monomer-to-crystalline polymer transition without an amorphous intermediate.