Sustainable and industrially scalable ultrasonic liquid phase exfoliation technologies for manufacturing 2D advanced functional materials

Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging and multiphysics modelling of liquid phase fatigue exfoliation of graphite under ultrasound (2021)
Journal Article
Qin, L., Maciejewska, B. M., Subroto, T., Morton, J. A., Porfyrakis, K., Tzanakis, I., Eskin, D. G., Grobert, N., Fezzaa, K., & Mi, J. (2022). Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging and multiphysics modelling of liquid phase fatigue exfoliation of graphite under ultrasound. Carbon, 186, 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.10.014

Ultrasound-assisted liquid phase exfoliation is a promising method for manufacturing of 2D materials in large scale and sustainable manner. A large number of studies using ex-situ nano/micro structural characterization techniques have been made to in... Read More about Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging and multiphysics modelling of liquid phase fatigue exfoliation of graphite under ultrasound.

New insights into sono-exfoliation mechanisms of graphite: In situ high-speed imaging studies and acoustic measurements (2021)
Journal Article
Morton, J. A., Khavari, M., Qin, L., Maciejewska, B. M., Tyurnina, A. V., Grobert, N., Eskin, D. G., Mi, J., Porfyrakis, K., Prentice, P., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). New insights into sono-exfoliation mechanisms of graphite: In situ high-speed imaging studies and acoustic measurements. Materials Today, 49, 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2021.05.005

The application of ultrasound and acoustic cavitation in liquid exfoliation of bulk layered materials is a widely used method. However, despite extensive research, the fundamental mechanisms remain far from being fully understood. A number of theorie... Read More about New insights into sono-exfoliation mechanisms of graphite: In situ high-speed imaging studies and acoustic measurements.