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New Composite MoS 2 –C 60 Crystals
Author(s) -
Remškar M.,
Mrzel A.,
Jesih A.,
Kovač J.,
Cohen H.,
Sanjinés R.,
Lévy F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200400553
Subject(s) - materials science , diffraction , fullerene , transmission electron microscopy , composite number , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , electron diffraction , absorption (acoustics) , absorption spectroscopy , spectroscopy , crystallography , nanotechnology , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , chemical engineering , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics
New MoS 2 –C 60 composite layered crystals built of alternating MoS 2 and C 60 molecular layers and with unusual diffraction contrast (see Figure) have been grown via a catalyzed transport reaction using fullerene C 60 . A model structure of these layered composites is proposed based on transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction, X‐ray diffraction, and photoelectron spectroscopy. A growth mechanism is proposed based on electrostatic interactions, considering optical absorption by MoS 2 and possible charge transfer to C 60 .