Layered Zinc Hydroxides: Direct Organometallic Synthesis of Carboxylate Intercalated Layered Zinc Hydroxides for Fully Exfoliated Functional Nanosheets (Adv. Funct. Mater. 30/2021)

In article number 2102631, Milo S. P. Shaffer, Charlotte K. Williams, and co-workers present a direct and versatile organometallic route to carboxylate-intercalated layered zinc hydroxide (LZH) 2D nanosheets. The functional LZHs show excellent solubility in polar solvents, including water with solubilities of up to 140 mg mL−1 and monolayer exfoliation yields of 70–80%. This method contrasts with more conventional top-down routes to layered metal hydroxides and offers unique insight into the mechanisms of seeding, growth, and exfoliation of 2D materials.