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WS 2 Closed Nanoboxes Synthesized by Spray Pyrolysis
Author(s) -
Bastide S.,
Duphil D.,
Borra J.P.,
LévyClément C.
Publication year - 2006
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.200501735
Subject(s) - materials science , parallelepiped , spray pyrolysis , pyrolysis , nanoparticle , fullerene , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , composite material , thin film , organic chemistry , geometry , chemistry , mathematics , engineering
A novel type of inorganic fullerene‐like nanoparticle has been synthesized, presenting the unique structure of a closed, nested nanobox. These nanoparticles consist of WS 2 , and are obtained by spray pyrolysis of (NH 4 ) 2 WS 4 solutions at high temperature. The nanoparticles exhibit the shoebox shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and possess a hollow core surrounded by walls made up of stacked WS 2 layers.