Preparation and characterization of organized layered Si nanosheet

Abstract

Organification of layered polysilane was investigated to prepare Si nanosheet. Organification was successfully achieved by reaction of hydrogenated polysilane with n-decylamine. The organized polysilane has finely stacked structure containing n-decylamine between the layers and the interlayer distance is about 3nm, which is about 5 times larger than the original one. The organized polysilane can be exfoliated to become Si nanosheet in dilute solution of chloroform.