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Hybrid nanosheets of an inorganic-organic framework material: Facile synthesis, structure, and elastic properties

Tan, J.-C., Saines, P.J., Bithell, E.G., Cheetham, A.K. (2012) Hybrid nanosheets of an inorganic-organic framework material: Facile synthesis, structure, and elastic properties. ACS Nano, 6 (1). pp. 615-621. ISSN 19360851 (ISSN). (doi:10.1021/nn204054k) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50727)

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Abstract

Figure Persented: We report a new 2-D inorganic-organic framework material, MnDMS [Mn 2,2-dimethylsuccinate], featuring weakly bound hybrid layers in its bulk crystals that can be readily exfoliated into nanosheets via ultrasonication. The fully exfoliated hybrid nanosheets correspond to a unilamellar thickness of about 1 nm, while the partially exfoliated nanosheets (multilayer films) exhibit a typical thickness on the order of 10 nm. We used atomic force microscopy to characterize their surface topography and to map the variation of nanomechanical properties across the surface of the delaminated nanosheets. The morphology and crystallographic orientation of the exfoliated layers were further studied by transmission electron microscopy. Additionally, we investigated the elastic anisotropy underlying the bulk host material by means of single-crystal nanoindentation, from which the critical resolved shear stress (Ï? crit) needed for the micromechanical delamination of individual layers was determined to be relatively small (â?²0.4 GPa). © 2011 American Chemical Society.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1021/nn204054k
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: LA - English [Field not mapped to EPrints] J2 - ACS Nano [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] DB - Scopus [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: elastic anisotropy, exfoliation, inorganic-organic hybrid framework, mechanical properties, metal-organic framework, nanosheet, thin films, Bulk crystals, Critical resolved shear stress, Crystallographic orientations, Elastic anisotropy, Elastic properties, Exfoliated layers, exfoliation, Facile synthesis, Host materials, Hybrid layer, Inorganic-organic, Inorganic-organic hybrid, Metal organic framework, Micro-mechanical, Nanomechanical property, Ultra-sonication, Unilamellar, Anisotropy, Atomic force microscopy, Crystal structure, Crystallography, Film preparation, Manganese, Mechanical properties, Multilayer films, Nanoindentation, Surface topography, Thin films, Transmission electron microscopy, Nanosheets
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics > QC173.45 Condensed Matter
Q Science > QD Chemistry > QD478 Solid State Chemistry
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Paul Saines
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2015 10:05 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/50727 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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