Large-Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions

COLEMAN, JONATHAN; WANG, JING; KHAN, UMAR; NICOLOSI, VALERIA; DUESBERG, GEORG

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201102584

Large-Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions

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2011

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Smith, RJ, King, PJ, Lotya, M, Wirtz, C, Khan, U, De, S, O'Neill, A, Duesberg, GS, Grunlan, JC, Moriarty, G, Chen, J, Wang, JZ, Minett, AI, Nicolosi, V, Coleman, JN, Large-Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions, Advanced Materials, 23, 34, 2011, 3944-3948

Abstract

Thumbnail image of graphical abstract A method to exfoliate MoS2 in large quantities in surfactant-water solutions is described. The layered material tends to be exfoliated as dispersions of thin, relatively defect-free flakes with lateral sizes of hundreds of nanometers. This method can be extended to a range of other layered compounds. The dispersed flakes can be mixed with nanotubes or graphene to greate functional hybrid materials.