Large‐Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions

Ronan J. Smith , Paul J. King , Mustafa Lotya , Christian Wirtz , Umar Khan , Sukanta De , Arlene O’Neill , Georg S. Duesberg , Jaime C. Grunlan , Gregory Moriarty , Jun Chen , Jiazhao Wang , Andrew I. Minett , Valeria Nicolosi , and Jonathan N. Coleman *

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