How to prove you’ve made 500,000 bonds per micron sq.? There’s no single analytical tool but one can combine synchrotron, xrd kinetics study and volume contraction, and a whole lot of optimism - Dieter Schlüter #POLYMATsptl 
It turns out anthracene cages cross-link in a random fashion #POLYMATsptl
Taking a disorderly organized crystalline needles and mixing with TFA or other acids, you force into hexagonal packing #POLYMATsptl
2D polymers are as good as graphenes for exfoliation, better than all inorganics #POLYMATsptl
Roll to roll manufacturing for 2D polymers will be possible in about 5 years says Dieter Schlüter #POLYMATsptl
The pores are aligned but with a slight wavy layout, indicating precisely the soft nature of the 2D polymers #POLYMATsptl
In summary, ordering monomers until you get perfect single crystals gives you ability to produce kg scale or exfoliates #POLYMATsptl
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