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Large-scale mechanical peeling of boron nitride nanosheets by low-energy ball milling
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posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00 authored by Luhua LiLuhua Li, Ying (Ian) ChenYing (Ian) Chen, G Behan, H Zhang, M Petravic, Alexey GlushenkovMechanical cleavage by Scotch tape was the first method to produce graphene and is still widely used in laboratories. However, a critical problem of this method is the extremely low yield. We have tailored ball milling conditions to produce gentle shear forces that produce high quality boron nitride (BN) nanosheets in high yield and efficiency. The in-plane structure of the BN nanosheets has not been damaged as shown by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure measurements. The benzyl benzoate acts as the milling agent to reduce the ball impacts and milling contamination. This method is applicable to any layered materials for producing nanosheets.
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Journal of materials chemistryVolume
21Issue
32Pagination
11862 - 11866Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryLocation
Cambridge, EnglandISSN
0959-9428eISSN
1364-5501Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2011, The Royal Society of ChemistryUsage metrics
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