Surface Functionalization of TiCT MXene Nanosheets with Catechols: Implication for Colloidal Processing.

Precise tailoring of two-dimensional nanosheets with organic molecules is critical to passivate the surface and control the reactivity, which is essential for a wide range of applications. Herein, we introduce catechols to functionalize exfoliated MXenes (TiCT) in a colloidal suspension. Catechols react spontaneously with TiCT surfaces, where binding is initiated from a charge-transfer complex as confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) and UV-vis.

Infrared spectral model for subwavelength particles of mixed composition based on the spectra of individual particles with calibration data for airborne dust.

A Mie-Bruggeman spectral model is presented which predicts the orientationally averaged, infrared spectra of individual mixed-composition particles or the average spectrum of collections of such particles. The model uses parameters extracted from sets of individual particle spectra of pure materials known to be in subject mixtures. The spectra of both calibrants and subject particles were recorded by trapping size-selected particles in the holes of plasmonic metal mesh.