Ling-I Hung, Hsiang-Yi Yi, Yu-Chieh Shih, Chia-Her Lin and Sue-Lein Wang
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 2429-2432
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC09289C,
Communication
For the first time, functional carboxylic acid (–COOH) groups protruding on both sides of zincophosphate sheets are prepared, leading to a unique surface-active lamellar material characterized by modifiable wettability via a facile mechanochemical reaction. The interior –COOH groups lead to high thermal stability unusual to hybrid-layer structures and undergo the intriguingly reversible nano-morphological transformation never unveiled in metal oxysalts before.