Template-free 3D titanium carbide (Ti3C2Tx) MXene particles crumpled by capillary forces

S. A. Shah; T. Habib; H. Gao; P. Gao; W. Sun; M. J. Green; M. Radovic

doi:10.1039/C6CC07733A

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Template-free 3D titanium carbide (Ti₃C₂T_x) MXene particles crumpled by capillary forces†

S. A. Shah,‡^a T. Habib,‡^a H. Gao,^b P. Gao,^b W. Sun,^a M. J. Green*^ab and M. Radovic*^b

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^a Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, USA
E-mail: micah.green@tamu.edu

^b Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, USA
E-mail: mradovic@tamu.edu

Abstract

Ti₃C₂T_x and other types of MXene nanosheets are an exciting new class of 2D materials. However, little has been reported on manipulating the shape of MXene nanosheets. Here, we demonstrate that flat Ti₃C₂T_x nanosheets encapsulated within spray-dried droplets can be scrolled, bent, and folded into 3D crumpled structures. This morphological change was observed to be reversible upon rehydration.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC07733A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 23 Sept. 2016
Accepted: 02 Dec. 2016
First published: 02 Dec. 2016

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Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 400-403

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Template-free 3D titanium carbide (Ti₃C₂T_x) MXene particles crumpled by capillary forces

S. A. Shah, T. Habib, H. Gao, P. Gao, W. Sun, M. J. Green and M. Radovic, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 400 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC07733A

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