Imperial College London
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Dr Clotilde S. Cucinotta

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

EPSRC Fellow
 
 
 
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110KMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

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@article{Hanlon:2015:10.1038/ncomms9563,
author = {Hanlon, D and Backes, C and Doherty, E and Cucinotta, CS and Berner, NC and Boland, C and Lee, K and Harvey, A and Lynch, P and Gholamvand, Z and Zhang, S and Wang, K and Moynihan, G and Pokle, A and Ramasse, QM and McEvoy, N and Blau, WJ and Wang, J and Abellan, G and Hauke, F and Hirsch, A and Sanvito, S and O'Regan, DD and Duesberg, GS and Nicolosi, V and Coleman, JN},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms9563},
journal = {Nature Communications},
pages = {1--11},
title = {Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9563},
volume = {6},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Few-layer black phosphorus (BP) is a new two-dimensional material which is of great interest for applications, mainly in electronics. However, its lack of environmental stability severely limits its synthesis and processing. Here we demonstrate that high-quality, few-layer BP nanosheets, with controllable size and observable photoluminescence, can be produced in large quantities by liquid phase exfoliation under ambient conditions in solvents such as N-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone (CHP). Nanosheets are surprisingly stable in CHP, probably due to the solvation shell protecting the nanosheets from reacting with water or oxygen. Experiments, supported by simulations, show reactions to occur only at the nanosheet edge, with the rate and extent of the reaction dependent on the water/oxygen content. We demonstrate that liquid-exfoliated BP nanosheets are potentially useful in a range of applications from ultrafast saturable absorbers to gas sensors to fillers for composite reinforcement.
AU  - Hanlon,D
AU  - Backes,C
AU  - Doherty,E
AU  - Cucinotta,CS
AU  - Berner,NC
AU  - Boland,C
AU  - Lee,K
AU  - Harvey,A
AU  - Lynch,P
AU  - Gholamvand,Z
AU  - Zhang,S
AU  - Wang,K
AU  - Moynihan,G
AU  - Pokle,A
AU  - Ramasse,QM
AU  - McEvoy,N
AU  - Blau,WJ
AU  - Wang,J
AU  - Abellan,G
AU  - Hauke,F
AU  - Hirsch,A
AU  - Sanvito,S
AU  - O'Regan,DD
AU  - Duesberg,GS
AU  - Nicolosi,V
AU  - Coleman,JN
DO  - 10.1038/ncomms9563
EP  - 11
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 2041-1723
SP  - 1
TI  - Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics
T2  - Nature Communications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9563
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364932600010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms9563
VL  - 6
ER  -
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