Synthesis of Nanostructured Nanoclay-Zirconia Multilayers: a Feasibility Study
Figure 1
(a) The structure of 2 : 1 clay nanoplatelets exfoliated from MMT. (b) A targeted multilayer structure to be synthesized
using a new LBL assembling technique via making use of the intrinsic negative
surface charges and unique platy shape of nanoclays (as shown in (a)). In
principle, the thickness and
chemical composition of each nanometer-thick oxide layer can be tuned
individually, offering versatility
in engineering these nanostructured films with a wide range of potential
applications to be explored in future studies.
