The work performed and the main results achieved in SUPRA2DMAT include:
• Mastering the supramolecular approach relying both on chemisorption and physisorption to fully exploit the capacity of functional molecular assemblies to modulate and enhance the properties of 2DLMs when interfaced.
• Exploiting conventional and dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC), i.e. operating under thermodynamic control, to functionalize 2DLMs to generate highly ordered “hairy-2D” or robust 3D functional composites with controlled chemical composition and architecture, as key components for optoelectronics and sensing.
• Covalently decorating 2DLMs with ad hoc receptors of water molecules, mono- and bivalent ions, and heavy metals to exploit principles of molecular recognition to fabricate ultrasensitive, ultrafast, fully reversible, and highly selective sensors for environmental and potentially also health monitoring.
• Proposing universal protocols based on the combination of graphene and other 2DLMs with organic components capable to simultaneously respond to at least two external independent stimuli (redox, magnetic, electrical, or optical) to realize high-performance multifunctional optoelectronic devices.
The dissemination, communication, and public engagement activities are summarized as follows:
• >70 original scientific publications, including research articles and review articles, in international high-impact peer-reviewed journals (average impact factor (IF) >15), including 1 Chemical Reviews (IF: 51.4) 1 Chemical Society Reviews (IF: 40.4) 1 Nature Nanotechnology (IF: 38.1) 11 Advanced Materials (IF: 27.4) 8 Advanced Functional Materials (IF: 18.5) 1 Accounts of Chemical Research (IF: 16.4) 1 Angewandte Chemie International Edition (IF: 16.1) 3 ACS Nano (IF: 15.8) 4 Nature Communications (IF: 14.7) 2 Journal of the American Chemical Society (IF: 14.4) 2 Advanced Science (IF: 14.3) 6 Small (IF: 13), 1 Materials Horizons (IF: 12.2) Science Advances (IF: 11.7) Small Science (IF: 11.1) etc.
• 8 cover pages of prestigious scientific journals, including Chemical Reviews (1 front cover), Advanced Materials (1 front and 2 back covers), Advanced Functional Materials (2 back covers), Chemical Science (1 front cover), and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (1 front cover).
• >1,700 citations (source: Google Scholar).
• >30 press releases and research highlights in various institutional and science news media, such as AlphaGalileo, AZoMaterials, Bioengineer.org ChemistryViews, CIRFC, CNRS, CNRS Alsace, EurekAlert!, Graphene Flagship, IRIS Adlershof, ISIS, Nanowerk, Nature Research Device & Materials Engineering Community, Phys.org ScienceDaily, Scienmag, UNISTRA, etc.
• >50 invited/keynote/plenary talks and lectures in national and international conferences, schools, and workshops, >40 invited seminars in academic institutions.
• >100 social media posts, > 2,500 followers on X, >1,400 followers on Instagram.
