Linyang Li^#, Fangyun Lu^#, Wenqi Xiong, Yu Ding, Yangyi Lu, Yao Xiao, Xin Tong, Yao Wang, Shuangfeng Jia, Jianbo Wang, Rafael G. Mendes, Mark H. Rümmeli, Shengjun Yuan, Mengqi Zeng*, Lei Fu*, "General Synthesis of 2D Rare-Earth Oxides Single Crystals with Tailorable Facet", Natl. Sci. Rev. 2022, 9, nwab153.

For the first time, we achieve the synthesis of a wide variety of high-quality 2D REO single crystals with tailorable facets via designing a hard-soft-acid-base couple for controlling the 2D nucleation of the predetermined facets and adjusting the growth mode and direction of crystals.