Exfoliation of two-dimensional zeolites in liquid polybutadienes

Sanket Sabnis; Vijesh A. Tanna; Chao Li; Jiaxin Zhu; Vivek Vattipalli; Stephen S. Nonnenmann; Guan Sheng; Zhiping Lai; H. Henning Winter; Wei Fan

doi:10.1039/C7CC03256K

Exfoliation of two-dimensional zeolites in liquid polybutadienes†

Sanket Sabnis,‡^a Vijesh A. Tanna,‡^b Chao Li,

‡^a Jiaxin Zhu,^c Vivek Vattipalli,

^a Stephen S. Nonnenmann,

^c Guan Sheng,^d Zhiping Lai,

^d H. Henning Winter*^a and Wei Fan

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^a Chemical Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
E-mail: winter@engin.umass.edu, wfan@ecs.umass.edu

^b Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA

^c Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA

^d Division of Physical Science and Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Layered zeolite precursors were successfully exfoliated by brief shearing or sonication with the assistance of commercially available telechelic liquid polybutadienes at room temperature. The exfoliated zeolite nanosheets can form a stable suspension in an organic solvent, providing exciting potential for the fabrication of zeolite membranes, composite materials and hierarchical zeolites.

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Exfoliation of two-dimensional zeolites in liquid polybutadienes†

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