High conversion continuous flow exfoliation of 2D MoS2.
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SUBMITTER: Alharbi TMD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10662006 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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High conversion continuous flow exfoliation of 2D MoS<sub>2</sub>.
Alharbi Thaar M D TMD Raston Colin L CL
Nanoscale advances 20231101 23
We report a low-cost and highly efficient process for exfoliating of MoS<sub>2</sub> using an energy efficient vortex fluidic device (VFD). This method is high in green chemistry metrics in avoiding the use of auxiliary substances, and the process is scalable, with a conversion of as received MoS<sub>2</sub> into 2D sheets at ∼73%. ...[more]
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