“…When ease of access to commercially available dianhydrides ( e.g. , ethylenediaminetetraacetic dianhydride, benzophenone-3,3′,4,4′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride, and perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride) and other bifunctional cross-linking agents was combined with well-practiced carbon nanomaterials covalent surface modification approaches, , an acceptable size control on sandwiched nanoparticles in between graphene nanosheets can be realized for several applications from energy storage materials − to electromagnetic shielding and membranes . In addition to 2D graphene nanoplatelets, given the available covalent surface modification techniques, a library of 2D materials such as MoS 2 , , h-BN, TiS 2 , MoSe 2 , and Bi 2 Te 3 can be processed similarly to prepare hierarchical nanoscaffolds of other 2D-materials.…”