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Controlled Release of Molecular Intercalants from Two-Dimensional Nanosheet Films

Journal

ACS NANO
Volume 15, Issue 12, Pages 20105-20115

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c07888

Keywords

two-dimensional materials; controlled release; intercalation; delivery; virucide; nanochannel transport

Funding

  1. Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES seed grant)
  2. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) through the Superfund Research Program grant at Brown University [P42-ES013660]
  3. Brown University Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity

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By co-depositing chemical solutes with two-dimensional nanosheets, nanosheet-molecular heterostructures can be formed, allowing for controlled release of intercalated molecular agents. Experimental results demonstrate that diffusion coefficients in layered solids are significantly lower due to nanochannel confinement, aiding in the ability of 2D materials to control and extend release over useful time scales. In-plane texturing of heterostructured films through compressive wrinkling or crumpling proves to be a useful design tool in controlling release rates for specific film types.
Solution co-deposition of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets with chemical solutes yields nanosheet-molecular heterostructures. A feature of these macroscopic layered hybrids is their ability to release the intercalated molecular agent to express chemical functionality on their surfaces or in their near surroundings. Systematic design methods are needed to control this molecular release to match the demand for rate and lifetime in specific applications. We hypothesize that release kinetics are controlled by transport processes within the layered solids, which primarily involve confined molecular diffusion through nanochannels formed by intersheet van der Waals gaps. Here a variety of graphene oxide (GO)/molecular hybrids are fabricated and subject to transient experiments to characterize release kinetics, locations, and mechanisms. The measured release rate profiles can be successfully described by a numerical model of internal transport processes, and the results used to extract effective Z-directional diffusion coefficients for various film types. The diffusion coefficients are found to be 8 orders of magnitude lower than those in free solution due to nanochannel confinement and serpentine path effects, and this retardation underlies the ability of 2D materials to control and extend release over useful time scales. In-plane texturing of the heterostructured films by compressive wrinkling or crumpling is shown to be a useful design tool to control the release rate for a given film type and molecular intercalant. The potential of this approach is demonstrated through case studies on the controlled release of chemical virucidal agents.

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