Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 21, Issue 30, Pages 11371-11377Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1jm10342c
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [50973062]
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Boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) are two dimensional crystals composed of boron and nitrogen atoms covalently bonded in a hexagonal manner with exceptional physiochemical properties. However, the researches on BNNS are rather limited due to the lack of an efficient method to prepare BNNS. In this study, we report a facile and efficient method for the fabrication of BNNS through liquid-phase exfoliation of hexagonal boron nitride particles (h-BNs) in methanesulfonic acid. The resultant BNNS can be readily disperse in a number of organic solvents, such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy confirms that the obtained BNNSs are mainly single or few-layered with a thickness less than 3 nm. X-Ray photoelectron and infrared spectroscopy reveal that almost no compositional change occurred in BNNS during the superacid-assistant exfoliation process. The BNNS holds great promise in a number of important applications as demonstrated in this study of poly [2,2'-(p-oxydiphenylene)-5,5'-bibenzimidazole] (OPBI)/BNNS composites. The OPBI/BNNS composites showed superior mechanical and thermal properties as compared to neat OPBI and h-BN reinforced ones.
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