Salt-assisted vapor-liquid-solid growth of one-dimensional van der Waals materials

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) p. e2309360
• Main Authors: Pham, Thang, Reidy, Kate, Thomsen, Joachim D, Wang, Baoming, Deshmukh, Nishant, Filler, Michael A, Ross, Frances M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 13.03.2024
• Subjects: nanowires; vapor-liquid-solid; niobium trisulfide; salt-assisted growth; 1D van der Waals material

We introduce the method of salt-assisted vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth to synthesize one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures of trichalcogenide van der Waals (vdW) materials, exemplified by niobium trisulfide (NbS ). The method uses a unique catalyst consisting of an alloy of Au and an alkali metal ha...