Bottom-up synthesis of metalate nanosheet thin films by aqueous solution process

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26410237
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Inorganic industrial materials
• Research Institution: Gifu University
• Principal Investigator: BAN Takayuki 岐阜大学, 工学部, 教授 (70273125)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ナノシート / ボトムアップ合成 / 水溶液プロセス / 薄膜 / 二次元材料 / ゾルゲル法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Metalate nanosheets are a two-dimensional material and have possibilities that novel physical and chemical properties emerge due to their highly anisotropic shapes. For taking advantage of such an anisotropic shape, it is desirable that monolayer thin films of metalate nanosheets are fabricated on a substrate. Moreover, we previously reported that metalate nanosheets were synthesized in aqueous solutions by very simple and convenient bottom-up process. So, the object of this study is to fabricate monolayer thin films of metalate nanosheets by the bottom-up process. Furthermore, the morphology control of metalate nanosheets was also examined for nanosheet thin film fabrication. As a result, when titanate nanosheet sols were dialyzed, the nanosheets were aggregated in the lateral direction, providing large polycrystalline nanosheets useful for thin film fabrication.

Free Research Field

無機材料化学