title: MasterChem: cooking 2D-polymers.
abstract: 2D-polymers are still dominated by graphene and closely related materials such as boron nitride, transition metal sulphides and oxides. However, the rational combination of molecules with suitable design is already showing the high potential of chemistry in this new research field. The aim of this feature article is to illustrate, and provide some perspectives, the current state-of-the-art in the field of synthetic 2D-polymers showing different alternatives to prepare this novel type of polymers based on the rational use of chemistry. This review comprises a brief revision of the essential concepts, the strategies of preparation following the two general approaches, bottom-up and top-down, and a revision of the promising seminal properties showed by some of these nanomaterials.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049 Madrid, Spain. felix.zamora@uam.es and Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia), 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-San-Miguel
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049 Madrid, Spain. felix.zamora@uam.es.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amo-Ochoa
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049 Madrid, Spain. felix.zamora@uam.es and Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia), 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zamora