Fig. 3: Thin film deposition and post-processing techniques.

Film deposition techniques for 2D dispersions and their corresponding nanosheets alignment morphology. a Printed film with oblique alignments. b Spin coated film with plane-to-plane alignment. c Langmuir-Blodgett assembled film with edge-to-edge alignment. Scalebars in b and c are 10 nm and 2 µm, respectively. Post processing treatment of the solution-processed film. d Chemical treatment. e Thermal annealing. f Laser thinning. Panel a reprinted with permission from ref. 33., Springer Nature Limited; Panel b reprinted from ref. 50., Springer Nature Limited; Panel c reprinted from ref. 40., American Chemical Society.