Fig. 1: Synthesis and COF films using IPOG strategy.

a Synthetic scheme for the preparation of the free-standing flexible COF films. b The chemical structure of Ph2Pe-TAPB-COF, PhPeMa-TAPB-COF, and Ph2Ma-TAPB-COF. c XRD patterns of the COF films and the simulated patterns: AA stacking mode (dark cyan) and AB eclipsed stacking mode (magenta) with the experimental pattern (black) combined Pawley refined pattern (red) and the difference (blue).