Forceless spontaneous delamination of high-aspect ratio fluorohectorite into monolayer nanosheets in chloroform.
Kamonnart Jaa ImwisetVolodymyr DudkoPaul MarkusGeorg PapastavrouJosef BreuMakoto OgawaPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2024)
One-dimensional dissolution of a layered compound in a nonpolar organic solvent is reported for the first time. A high-aspect ratio fluorohectorite modified with a cationic surfactant (dioctadecyldimethylammonium) showed spontaneous delamination into monolayer nanosheets in chloroform.