Abstract
MXene (Ti2CTx) is exfoliated in a vortex fluidic device (VFD), as a thin film microfluidic platform, under continuous flow conditions, down to ca 3 nm thin multi-layered two-dimensional (2D) material, as determined using AFM. The optimized process, under an inert atmosphere of nitrogen to avoid oxidation of the material, was established by systematically exploring the operating parameters of the VFD, along with the concentration of the dispersed starting material and the choice of solvent, which was a 1: 1 mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water. There is also some fragmentation of the 2D material into nanoparticles ca 68 nm in diameter.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 192255 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Royal Society Open Science |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2020 |
Bibliographical note
© 2020 The Authors.Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.Keywords
- Exfoliation
- Fluid flow
- MXene