Two-dimensional nanosheets produced by liquid exfoliation of layered materials

Jonathan N. Coleman; Mustafa Lotya; Arlene O'Neill; Shane D. Bergin; Paul J. King; Umar Khan; Karen Young; Alexandre Gaucher; Sukanta De; Ronan J. Smith; Igor V. Shvets; Sunil K. Arora; George Stanton; Hye Young Kim; Kangho Lee; Gyu Tae Kim; Georg S. Duesberg; Toby Hallam; John J. Boland; Jing Jing Wang; John F. Donegan; Jaime C. Grunlan; Gregory Moriarty; Aleksey Shmeliov; Rebecca J. Nicholls; James M. Perkins; Eleanor M. Grieveson; Koenraad Theuwissen; David W. McComb; Peter D. Nellist; Valeria Nicolosi

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Two-dimensional nanosheets produced by liquid exfoliation of layered materials

Jonathan N. Coleman, Mustafa Lotya, Arlene O'Neill, Shane D. Bergin, Paul J. King, Umar Khan, Karen Young, Alexandre Gaucher, Sukanta De, Ronan J. Smith, Igor V. Shvets, Sunil K. Arora, George Stanton, Hye Young Kim, Kangho Lee, Gyu Tae Kim, Georg S. Duesberg, Toby Hallam, John J. Boland, Jing Jing WangJohn F. Donegan, Jaime C. Grunlan, Gregory Moriarty, Aleksey Shmeliov, Rebecca J. Nicholls, James M. Perkins, Eleanor M. Grieveson, Koenraad Theuwissen, David W. McComb, Peter D. Nellist, Valeria Nicolosi

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If they could be easily exfoliated, layered materials would become a diverse source of two-dimensional crystals whose properties would be useful in applications ranging from electronics to energy storage. We show that layered compounds such as MoS₂, WS₂, MoSe₂, MoTe ₂, TaSe₂, NbSe₂, NiTe₂, BN, and Bi₂Te₃ can be efficiently dispersed in common solvents and can be deposited as individual flakes or formed into films. Electron microscopy strongly suggests that the material is exfoliated into individual layers. By blending this material with suspensions of other nanomaterials or polymer solutions, we can prepare hybrid dispersions or composites, which can be cast into films. We show that WS₂ and MoS₂ effectively reinforce polymers, whereas WS₂/carbon nanotube hybrid films have high conductivity, leading to promising thermoelectric properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	568-571
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	331
Issue number	6017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194975
Publication status	Published - 4 Feb 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Coleman, J. N., Lotya, M., O'Neill, A., Bergin, S. D., King, P. J., Khan, U., Young, K., Gaucher, A., De, S., Smith, R. J., Shvets, I. V., Arora, S. K., Stanton, G., Kim, H. Y., Lee, K., Kim, G. T., Duesberg, G. S., Hallam, T., Boland, J. J., ... Nicolosi, V. (2011). Two-dimensional nanosheets produced by liquid exfoliation of layered materials. Science, 331(6017), 568-571. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194975

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