
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125 Phase Behavior and Aggregate Transition in Aqueous Mixtures of Negatively Charged Carbon Dots and Cationic Surfactants.
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The self-assembly of the SAAG was also reproduced via coarse-grained molecular simulations of a fan-shaped building block. The precise shape control enables these complex molecules to self-assemble into a monolayer 2D honeycomb superlattice that mirrors that of graphene but on the mesoscale. We construct fan-shaped molecular building blocks by covalently connecting two kinds of clusters, one polyoxometalate and four polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes. But could a honeycomb monolayer superlattice also be generated via self-assembly of colloids or nanoparticles? Here we report the construction of mono- and multilayer molecular films with honeycomb structure that can be regarded as self-assembled artificial graphene (SAAG). Honeycomb structure endows graphene with extraordinary properties.