Insight into In Situ Amphiphilic Functionalization of Few-Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets.

Shen, Jianfeng; Wu, Jingjie; Wang, Man; Ge, Yuancai; Dong, Pei; Baines, Robert; Brunetto, Gustavo; Machado, Leonardo D et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A facile route toward functionalized amphiphilic layered transition-metal dichalcogenide nanosheets through in situ polymerization of polystyrene-polyacrylamide copolymers is established. The attachment of copolymers greatly affects their dispersibility in different kinds of solvents. Surface-tension components, polarity, and coordination effects of the copolymer are found to be the main factors affecting the dispersibility.