The formation of nanotubes and nanocoils of molybdenum disulphide

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2007-04
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Lavayen, Vladimir
Mirabal, Neisy
O'Dwyer, Colm
Santa-Ana, María A.
Benavente, Eglantina
Sotomayor Torres, Clivia M.
Gonzalez, Guillermo
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This work reports the successful realization of MoS2 nanotubes by a novel intercalation chemistry and hydrothermal treatment. An inorganic-organic precursor of hexadecylamine (HDA) and molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) were used in synthesizing the nanocomposite comprising laminar MoS2 with HDA intercalated in the interlaminar spacing. The formation of MoS2 nanotubes occurred during hydrothermal treatment (HT) by a self-organized rolling mechanism. The nanotubes were observed to have dimensions 2-12 µm in length and inner diameters typically in the range of 25-100 nm. We also report the formation of amorphous nanocoils of MoS2 obtained during similar procedures.
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Chalcogenides , Transmission electron microscopy , Molybdenum , Nanotubes , Nanostructures
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Lavayen, V., Mirabal, N., O’Dwyer, C., Santa Ana, M. A., Benavente, E., Sotomayor Torres, C. M. and González, G. (2007) 'The formation of nanotubes and nanocoils of molybdenum disulphide', Applied Surface Science, 253(12), pp. 5185-5190. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2006.12.019
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Copyright © 2007, Elsevier. NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Applied Surface Science . Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Applied Surface Science [253, 12, 15 April 2007] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2006.12.019