Vortex fluidic exfoliation of graphite and boron nitride

Xianjue Chen; John F Dobson; Colin L Raston

doi:10.1039/c2cc17611d

Vortex fluidic exfoliation of graphite and boron nitride

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Apr 18;48(31):3703-5. doi: 10.1039/c2cc17611d. Epub 2012 Feb 7.

Authors

Xianjue Chen¹, John F Dobson, Colin L Raston

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

PMID: 22314550
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc17611d

Abstract

Graphite is exfoliated into graphene by shearing vortex fluidic films of N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP), as a controlled process for preparing oxide free graphene, and for exfoliating the corresponding boron nitride sheets.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Boron Compounds / chemistry*
Graphite / chemical synthesis*
Graphite / chemistry*
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Pyrrolidinones / chemistry

Substances

Boron Compounds
Pyrrolidinones
boron nitride
Graphite
N-methylpyrrolidone