Inside Cover: Ultrathin Hexagonal Hybrid Nanosheets Synthesized by Graphene Oxide‐Assisted Exfoliation of β‐Co(OH)₂ Mesocrystals (Chem. Eur. J. 39/2014)

Abstract

… in flower-like mesocrystals are interspaced by organic additives and held together by complex intersheet interactions. Therefore, the ability to exfoliate mesocrystals requires an appropriate modifier that can interact with the organic additive and weaken the interaction between the nanosheets. In their Full paper on page 12444 ff., S. Deng, H.-M. Fan et al. show that graphene oxide (GO), a quasi-two-dimensional (2D) structure tethered with abundant functional groups with dual molecular-colloidal properties, acts as an exfoliant of the mesocrystals.