WS2 Nanobuds as a New Hybrid Nanomaterial

We report on the first inorganic nanobuds:  WS2 nanotubes decorated with fullerene-like particles. They were synthesized by sulfurization of W5O14 nanowires. The fullerene-like particles nucleate in surface corrugations of the nanowires and grow by a diffusion process simultaneously with the transfo...

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Published inNano letters Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 76 - 80
Main Authors Remskar, Maja, Virsek, Marko, Jesih, Adolf
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.01.2008
Subjects
Chemical synthesis methods
Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology
Exact sciences and technology
Fullerenes and related materials; diamonds, graphite
Materials science
Methods of nanofabrication
Nanocrystalline materials
Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization
Nanotubes
Physics
Specific materials
Sulfidation
Multiwalled nanotube
Fullerenes
Diffusion process
Nanowires
Electron microscopy
Nanostructured materials
Nanomaterial synthesis
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Summary:We report on the first inorganic nanobuds:  WS2 nanotubes decorated with fullerene-like particles. They were synthesized by sulfurization of W5O14 nanowires. The fullerene-like particles nucleate in surface corrugations of the nanowires and grow by a diffusion process simultaneously with the transformation of nanowires into hollow multiwall nanotubes. Electron microscopy data are correlated with details of the transformation process revealing the possible mechanism of the formation of these new complex nanomaterials.
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ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/nl0719426