Nath, M and Rao, CNR and Popovitz-Biro, R and Albu-Yaron, A and Tenne, R (2004) Nanoparticles Produced by Laser Ablation of HfS in Liquid Medium: Inorganic Fullerene-Like Structures of Hf2S. In: Chemistry of Materials, 16 (11). pp. 2238-2243.
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Abstract
Inorganic fullerene-like structures (IF) of the layered hafnium sulfide, Hf2S, have been synthesized by the laser ablation of HfS3 in tert-butyl disulfide medium. Apart from the Hf2S IFs exhibiting quasi-spherical as well as faceted nested-shell geometries, quasi-spherical nanoparticles of HfS were observed by this means. Whereas Hf2S has anti-NbS2 structure with S layers sandwiched between two Hf layers, HfS has the nonlayered WC-type structure. The nanoparticles of HfS show excess sulfur in the core, and they do not possess closed-shell geometry. The mechanism of formation of these nanoparticles has also been discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Chemistry of Materials |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society. |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society. |
Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit |
Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2008 09:10 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 04:55 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/17165 |
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