Physchem.cz

3D zeolites play a central role in heterogenous catalysis and separation technologies owing to their microporosity and chemical robustness. More recently, their 2D counterparts—zeolite nanosheets—have attracted growing attention. While often valued for improved surface accessibility and reduced diffusion limitations, 2D zeolites offer possibilities that extend beyond conventional applications. Their ultrathin architecture enables integration into ordered films and hybrid materials, opening perspectives in areas outside the common zeolite applications, such as assembly of hybrid materials, optics or electrochemistry. This lecture will present recent advances in the synthesis, exfoliation, and assembly of 2D zeolite nanosheets into uniform thin films (~ 2 nm ≡ 1 unit cell), highlighting research carried out during a two-year stay in Japan. These films are facile to prepare and deposit and can be tailored not only for catalytic and separation processes but also as ultrathin corrosion-resistant coatings or for construction of hybrid functional materials.