研究目的
Investigating the wetting process of graphene-mica and MoS2-mica interfaces with a molecularly thin layer of water to understand the nanoscale structure and properties of the water layer confined to an interface.
研究成果
The study reveals that water intercalates at the interface between mica and monolayers of graphene and MoS2, forming a complete monolayer of water at specific relative humidities. The molecular water layer spreads into the dry interfaces with labyrinthine nanostructures, exhibiting distinct mechanical properties. The lateral nanostructuring in the wetting water layer is attributed to a competition of long-range electrostatic dipole-dipole repulsion and a short-range line tension at the wetted domain boundaries. The proposed mechanism of nanostructuring in the wetting layer can be expected to influence the structure of interfacial layers of other polar molecules during wetting.
研究不足
The technical and application constraints of the experiments include the limited time resolution of SFM relative to the diffusion rate of water at ambient temperatures, and the difficulty in separating the adsorption and diffusional contributions in the spreading of precursor layers of volatile fluids.
1:Experimental Design and Method Selection:
Graphene and monolayers of MoS2 were deposited onto dry mica to investigate wetting of the 2D material-mica interfaces with a molecularly thin layer of water using scanning force microscopy in different modes.
2:Sample Selection and Data Sources:
Flakes of graphene and monolayers of MoS2 were mechanically deposited onto freshly cleaved muscovite mica in a nitrogen-filled, dry, anaerobic glovebox.
3:List of Experimental Equipment and Materials:
A Bruker MultiMode 8 SFM set up inside a glovebox was used for SFM imaging. Rectangular cantilevers with typical spring constant 2 N/m were used for Peak Force imaging, and cantilevers with typical spring constant 40 N/m and nominal resonance frequency 300 kHz were used for tapping mode.
4:Experimental Procedures and Operational Workflow:
After preparation of sample and detection of an area of interest in SFM, the microscope was moved into a separate, home-built chamber inside the glovebox. Humidity was increased at a typical rate of 1% per minute until water layer starts growing from the edges of graphene.
5:Data Analysis Methods:
SFM height images were line flattened by subtracting up to third order polynomials. Tapping mode phase-shift images were line flattened with zero order polynomial to offset the lines for better visualization.
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