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    To sort graphene layers, Hersam used centrifugal force to separate materials by density. To do this, he and his group added the material to a centrifuge tube along with a gradient of waterbased solution. Upon centrifugation, the denser species move toward the bottom, creating layers of densities within the centrifuge tube. Graphene sorts into single layer sheets toward the top, then bilayer sheets, trilayer, and so on. Because graphene has a relatively low density, it easily sorts compared to higher density materials. "If I use the exact same process with molybdenum disulfide, its higher density will cause it to crash out," Hersam said. "It exceeds the maximum density of the gradient, which required an innovative solution."

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    To sort graphene layers, Hersam used centrifugal force to separate materials by density. To do this, he and his group added the material to a centrifuge tube along with a gradient of waterbased solution. Upon centrifugation, the denser species move toward the bottom, creating layers of densities within the centrifuge tube. Graphene sorts into single layer sheets toward the top, then bilayer sheets, trilayer, and so on. Because graphene has a relatively low density, it easily sorts compared to higher density materials. "If I use the exact same process with molybdenum disulfide, its higher density will cause it to crash out," Hersam said. "It exceeds the maximum density of the gradient, which required an innovative solution."

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    To sort graphene layers, Hersam used centrifugal force to separate materials by density. To do this, he and his group added the material to a centrifuge tube along with a gradient of waterbased solution. Upon centrifugation, the denser species move toward the bottom, creating layers of densities within the centrifuge tube. Graphene sorts into single layer sheets toward the top, then bilayer sheets, trilayer, and so on. Because graphene has a relatively low density, it easily sorts compared to higher density materials. "If I use the exact same process with molybdenum disulfide, its higher density will cause it to crash out," Hersam said. "It exceeds the maximum density of the gradient, which required an innovative solution."

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    11/28/2014

    Newprocessisolatespromisingmaterial:MolybdenumdisulfidehasemergedasaleadingsuccessortographeneScienceDaily

    Newprocessisolatespromisingmaterial:Molybdenumdisulfidehas
    emergedasaleadingsuccessortographene
    Date:

    November13,2014

    Source: NorthwesternUniversity
    Aftergraphenewasfirstproducedinthelabin2004,thousandsoflaboratoriesbegandevelopinggrapheneproducts
    worldwide.Researcherswereamazedbyitslightweightandultrastrongproperties.Tenyearslater,scientistsnow
    searchforothermaterialsthathavethesamelevelofpotential.
    "Wecontinuetoworkwithgraphene,andtherearesomeapplicationswhereitworksverywell,"saidMarkHersam,the
    BetteandNeisonHarrisChairinTeachingExcellenceatMcCormick,whoisagrapheneexpert."Butit'snottheanswer
    toalltheworld'sproblems."
    Partofafamilyofmaterialscalledtransitionmetaldichalcogenides,molybdenumdisulfide(MoS2)hasemergedasa
    frontrunnermaterialforexplorationinHersam'slab.Likegraphene,itcanbeexfoliatedintoatomicallythinsheets.Asit
    thinstotheatomiclimit,itbecomesfluorescent,makingitusefulforoptoelectronics,suchaslightemittingdiodes,or
    lightabsorbingdevices,suchassolarcells.MoS2isalsoatruesemiconductor,makingitanexcellentcandidatefor
    electronics,andithistoricallyhasbeenusedincatalysistoremovesulfurfromcrudeoil,whichpreventsacidrain.
    Hersam'schallengewastofindawaytoisolateatomicallythinsheetsofthispromisingmaterialatalargerscale.For
    thepastsixyears,hislabhasdevelopedmethodsforexfoliatingthinlayersofgraphenefromgraphite,usingsolution
    basedmethods.
    "Youwouldthinkitwouldbeeasytodothesamethingformolybdenumdisulfide,"hesaid."Buttheproblemisthat
    whiletheexfoliationissimilartographene,theseparationisconsiderablymorechallenging."
    Hersam'sresearchisdescribedinthepaper"Thicknesssortingoftwodimensionaltransitionmetaldichalcogenidesvia
    copolymerassistedgradientultracentrifugation,"whichwaspublishedintheNov.13issueofNatureCommunications.
    Tosortgraphenelayers,Hersamusedcentrifugalforcetoseparatematerialsbydensity.Todothis,heandhisgroup
    addedthematerialtoacentrifugetubealongwithagradientofwaterbasedsolution.Uponcentrifugation,thedenser
    speciesmovetowardthebottom,creatinglayersofdensitieswithinthecentrifugetube.Graphenesortsintosingle
    layersheetstowardthetop,thenbilayersheets,trilayer,andsoon.Becausegraphenehasarelativelylowdensity,it
    easilysortscomparedtohigherdensitymaterials.
    "IfIusetheexactsameprocesswithmolybdenumdisulfide,itshigherdensitywillcauseittocrashout,"Hersamsaid.
    "Itexceedsthemaximumdensityofthegradient,whichrequiredaninnovativesolution."
    Hersamneededtotaketheinherentlydensematerialandeffectivelyreduceitsdensitywithoutchangingthematerial
    itself.HerealizedthatthisgoalcouldbeachievedbytuningthedensityofthemoleculesusedtodisperseMoS2.In
    particular,theuseofbulkierpolymerdispersantsallowedtheeffectivedensityofMoS2tobereducedintotherangeof
    thedensitygradient.Inthismanner,thesheetsofMoS2floatedatlayeredpositionsinsteadofcollectingasthebottom
    ofthecentrifugetube.ThistechniqueworksnotjustforMoS2,butforothermaterialsinthetransitionmetal
    dichalcogenidesfamily.
    "Nowwecanisolatesinglelayer,bilayer,ortrilayertransitionmetaldichalcogenidesinascalablemanner,"Hersam
    said."Thisprocesswillallowustoexploretheirutilityinlargescaleapplications,suchaselectronics,optoelectronics,
    catalysis,andsolarcells."
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    TheabovestoryisbasedonmaterialsprovidedbyNorthwesternUniversity.Note:Materialsmaybeeditedforcontent
    andlength.
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    JournalReference:
    1. JoohoonKang,JungWooT.Seo,DiegoAlducin,ArturoPonce,MiguelJoseYacaman,MarkC.Hersam.Thickness
    sortingoftwodimensionaltransitionmetaldichalcogenidesviacopolymerassisteddensitygradient
    ultracentrifugation.NatureCommunications,20145:5478DOI:10.1038/ncomms6478
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