Rice researchers map the diffusion of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride in aqueous solutions

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Rice researchers map the diffusion of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride in aqueous solutions

Rice University researchers have mapped out how bits of 2D materials move in liquid ⎯ which that could help scientists assemble macroscopic-scale materials with the same useful properties as their 2D counterparts.In order to maintain these special properties in bulk form, sheets of 2D materials have to be properly aligned ⎯ a process that often occurs in solution phase. The Rice team focused on graphene and hexagonal boron nitride, a material with a similar structure to graphene but composed of boron and nitrogen atoms. “We were particularly interested in hexagonal boron nitride, which is sometimes called ‘white graphene’ and which, unlike graphene, doesn’t conduct electricity but has high tensile strength and is chemically resistant,” said Angel Martí, a professor of chemistry, bioengineering, materials science and nanoengineering and chair of Rice’s chemistry department. “One of the things that we realized is that the diffusion of hexagonal boron nitride in solution was not very well understood.“In fact, when we consulted the literature, we found that the same was true for graphene. We couldn’t find an account of diffusion dynamics at the single molecule level for these materials, which is what motivated us to tackle this problem.”The researchers used a fluorescent surfactant to tag the nanomaterial samples and render their motion visible. Videos of this motion allowed researchers to map out the trajectories of the samples and determine the relationship between their size and how they move.“From our observation, we found an interesting trend between the speed of their movement and their size,” said Utana Umezaki, a Rice graduate student who is a lead author on the recent study. “We could express the trend with a relatively simple equation, which means we can predict the movement mathematically.” Graphene was found to move slower in the liquid solution, possibly due to the fact that its layers are thinner and more flexible than hexagonal boron nitride, giving rise to more friction. Researchers believe that the formula derived from the experiment could be used to describe how other 2D materials move in similar contexts.“Understanding how diffusion in a confined environment works for these materials is important because ⎯ if we want to make fibers, for example ⎯ we extrude these materials through very thin injectors or spinnerets,” Martí said. “So this is the first step toward understanding how these materials start to assemble and behave when they are in this confined environment.”As one of the first studies to investigate the hydrodynamics of 2D nanosheet materials, the research helps fill a gap in the field and could be instrumental to overcoming 2D material fabrication challenges.“Our final objective with studying these building blocks is to be able to generate macroscopic materials,” Martí said. Source:  ACS Nano news.rice.edu Tags:  Boron Nitride Technical / Research Rice University Posted: Feb 04,2024 by Roni Peleg Add new comment { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "NewsArticle", "headline": "Rice researchers map the diffusion of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride in aqueous solutions", "mainEntityOfPage": {"@type": "WebPage","@id": "https://www.graphene-info.com/rice-researchers-map-diffusion-graphene-and-hexagonal-boron-nitride-aqueous"},"publisher": {"@type": "Organization", "name": "Graphene-Info", "logo": {"@type": "ImageObject","url": "https://www.graphene-info.com/img/misc/publisher-logo/graphene-info-logo.jpg","width": 600,"height": 60}},"datePublished": "2024-02-04T06:00:00+02:00", "dateModified": "2024-02-04T06:00:00+02:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": ""} }

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