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Few‐Layer Antimonene by Liquid‐Phase Exfoliation
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume: 55, Issue: 46, Pages: 14345 - 14349
Swansea University Author:
Roland Gillen
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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/anie.201605298
Abstract
We report on a fast and simple method to produce highly stable isopropanol/water (4:1) suspensions of few-layer antimonene by liquid-phase exfoliation of antimony crystals in a process that is assisted by sonication but does not require the addition of any surfactant. This straightforward method gen...
Published in: | Angewandte Chemie International Edition |
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ISSN: | 1433-7851 1521-3773 |
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Wiley
2016
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URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66673 |
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We report on a fast and simple method to produce highly stable isopropanol/water (4:1) suspensions of few-layer antimonene by liquid-phase exfoliation of antimony crystals in a process that is assisted by sonication but does not require the addition of any surfactant. This straightforward method generates dispersions of few-layer antimonene suitable for on-surface isolation. Analysis by atomic force microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy, and electron energy loss spectroscopy confirmed the formation of high-quality few-layer antimonene nanosheets with large lateral dimensions. These nanolayers are extremely stable under ambient conditions. Their Raman signals are strongly thickness-dependent, which was rationalized by means of density functional theory calculations. |
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Keywords: |
antimonene; atomic force microscopy; liquid-phase exfoliation; Raman spectroscopy; two-dimensional materials |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Funders: |
MINECO. Grant Numbers: MDM-2014-0377, CSD2010-0024, MAT2013-46753-C2-1-P, MAT2015-66888-C3-3-R;
European Union. Grant Number: 604391;
Fundación BBVA;
North-German Supercomputing Alliance. Grant Number: bep00047;
European Research Council. Grant Number: 259286;
DFG Marie Curie Fellowship. Grant Number: FP7/2013-IEF-627386 |
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46 |
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14345 |
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14349 |