Accommodating curvature in a highly ordered functionalized metal oxide nanofiber: synthesis, characterization and multi-scale modeling of layered nanosheets

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dc.contributor.authorO'Dwyer, Colm
dc.contributor.authorGannon, G.
dc.contributor.authorMcNulty, David
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, D. Noel
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Damien
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderHigher Education Authorityen
dc.contributor.funderIrish Governmenten
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-23T22:03:17Z
dc.date.available2013-10-10T04:00:04Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2012-10
dc.date.updated2012-11-30T16:12:06Z
dc.description.abstractA key element in the rational design of hybrid organic-inorganic nanostructures, is control of surfactant packing and adsorption onto the inorganic phase in crystal growth and assembly. In layered single crystal nanofibers and bilayered 2D nanosheets of vanadium oxide, we show how the chemisorption of preferred densities of surfactant molecules can direct formation of ordered, curved layers. The atom-scale features of the structures are described using molecular dynamics simulations that quantify surfactant packing effects and confirm the preference for a density of 5 dodecanethiol molecules per 8 vanadium attachment sites in the synthesised structures. This assembly maintains a remarkably well ordered interlayer spacing, even when curved. The assemblies of interdigitated organic bilayers on V2O5 are shown to be sufficiently flexible to tolerate curvature while maintaining a constant interlayer distance without rupture, delamination or cleavage. The accommodation of curvature and invariant structural integrity points to a beneficial role for oxide-directed organic film packing effects in layered architectures such as stacked nanofibers and hybrid 2D nanosheet systems.en
dc.description.sponsorshipScience Foundation Ireland (07/SK/B1232a); Science Foundation Ireland (11/SIRG/B2111); SFI/Higher Education Authority (Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)); Irish Government (INSPIRE programme, PRTLI Cycle 4, National Development Plan 2007–2013)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationO'Dwyer, C., Gannon, G., McNulty, D., Buckley, D. N., Thompson, D. (2012) 'Accommodating curvature in a highly ordered functionalized metal oxide nanofiber: synthesis, characterization and multi-scale modeling of layered nanosheets'. Chemistry of Materials, 24, 3981−3992.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/cm302648h
dc.identifier.endpage3992en
dc.identifier.journaltitleChemistry of Materialsen
dc.identifier.startpage3981en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/922
dc.identifier.volume24en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society Publicationsen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2012 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Chemistry of Materials, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/cm302648hen
dc.subjectHybrid materialsen
dc.subjectSelf-assemblyen
dc.subjectCurved nanostructuresen
dc.subjectTransmission electron microscopyen
dc.subjectAlkanethiolsen
dc.subjectMolecular dynamicsen
dc.subjectVanadium oxideen
dc.subjectNanosheetsen
dc.subjectSynthesisen
dc.subject.lcshNanostructures--chemistryen
dc.titleAccommodating curvature in a highly ordered functionalized metal oxide nanofiber: synthesis, characterization and multi-scale modeling of layered nanosheetsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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