Formation processes, size changes, and properties of nanosheets derived from exfoliation of soft layered inorganic-organic composites.

ABSTRACT: Exfoliation is a general route to obtain two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. A variety of methods have been developed for controlled exfoliation of layered materials based on stacking via van der Waals interaction, such as graphite and transition-metal dichalcogenides. On the other hand, rigid layered materials consisting of inorganic layers and interlayer metal ions stacked via electrostatic interaction, such as transition-metal oxides and clays, have a limited number of exfoliation methods. Here we studied a new exfoliation route through formation of soft layered composites. Intercalation of guest organic molecules changed rigid inorganic layered compounds into soft layered composites with stacking via van der Waals interaction. The soft layered inorganic-organic com

SUBMITTER: Mizuguchi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9417460 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature