journal article·2016-12Open access

Molecule‐Induced Conformational Change in Boron Nitride Nanosheets with Enhanced Surface Adsorption

Qiran Cai, Aijun Du, Guoping Gao, Srikanth Mateti, Bruce C. C. Cowie, Dong Qian, Shuang Zhang, Yuerui Lu, Lan Fu, Takashi Taniguchi, Shaoming Huang, Ying Chen, Rodney S. Ruoff, Lu Hua Li

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 26· Issue 45

Abstract

Surface interaction is extremely important to both fundamental research and practical application. Physisorption can induce shape and structural distortion (i.e., conformational changes) in macromolecular and biomolecular adsorbates, but such phenomena have rarely been observed on adsorbents. Here, it is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally that atomically thin boron nitride (BN) nanosheets as an adsorbent experience conformational changes upon surface adsorption of molecules, increasing adsorption energy and efficiency. The study not only provides new perspectives on the strong adsorption capability of BN nanosheets and many other two‐dimensional (2D) nanomaterials but also opens up possibilities for many novel applications. For example, it is demonstrated that BN nanosheets with the same surface area as bulk hexagonal BN particles are more effective in purification and sensing.
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OpenAlex topics: Graphene research and applications · Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research · Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

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Affiliations

Institute for Frontier Materials Deakin University 75 Pigdons Road Waurn Ponds 3216 VIC Australia

School of Chemistry Physics and Mechanical Engineering Queensland University of Technology 2 George St Brisbane City QLD 4000 Australia

Australian Synchrotron 800 Blackburn Road Clayton VIC 3168 Australia

Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA

Research School of Engineering College of Engineering and Computer Science The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

Department of Electronic Materials Engineering Research School of Physics and Engineering The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

National Institute for Materials Science Namiki 1‐1 Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐0044 Japan

Nanomaterials and Chemistry Key Laboratory Wenzhou University 276 Xueyuan Middle Road Wenzhou Zhejiang 325027 China

Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Ulsan 44919 Republic of Korea

Department of Chemistry Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) Ulsan 44919 Republic of Korea

School of Materials Science and Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) Ulsan 44919 Republic of Korea

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