Issue 32, 2011

Large-scale mechanical peeling of boron nitridenanosheets by low-energy ball milling

Abstract

Mechanical 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.

Graphical abstract: Large-scale mechanical peeling of boron nitride nanosheets by low-energy ball milling

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Mar 2011
Accepted
01 Jun 2011
First published
07 Jul 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 11862-11866

Large-scale mechanical peeling of boron nitride nanosheets by low-energy ball milling

L. H. Li, Y. Chen, G. Behan, H. Zhang, M. Petravic and A. M. Glushenkov, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 11862 DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11192B

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