title: Insight into In Situ Amphiphilic Functionalization of Few-Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets.
abstract: A facile route toward functionalized amphiphilic layered transition-metal dichalcogenide nanosheets through in situ polymerization of polystyrene-polyacrylamide copolymers is established. The attachment of copolymers greatly affects their dispersibility in different kinds of solvents. Surface-tension components, polarity, and coordination effects of the copolymer are found to be the main factors affecting the dispersibility.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Special Materials and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China.|Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Jingjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Special Materials and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Man
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Special Materials and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuancai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baines
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.|Department of Applied Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-959, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brunetto
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.|Department of Applied Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-959, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA. ajayan@rice.edu.
authors.forename: Pulickel M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ajayan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Special Materials and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China. mxye@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Mingxin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ye
keywords: amphiphilic; copolymers; functionalization; transition-metal dichalchogenides