The first true inorganic fullerenes?

P. A. Parilla, A. C. Dillon, K. M. Jones, G. Riker, D. L. Schulz, D. S. Ginley and M. J. Heben
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P. A. Parilla: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
A. C. Dillon: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
K. M. Jones: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
G. Riker: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
D. L. Schulz: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
D. S. Ginley: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
M. J. Heben: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nature, 1999, vol. 397, issue 6715, 114-114

Abstract: Abstract Boron nitride and materials of composition MX2, where M is molybdenum or tungsten and X is sulphur or selenium, can form fullerene-like structures such as nested polyhedra or nanotubes1,2,3. However, the analogy to the carbon fullerene family4 falls short because no small preferred structure akin to C60(ref. 5) has been found. We have discovered nano-octahedra of MoS2of discrete sizes in soots that we prepared by laser ablation of pressed MoS2targets. These nano-octahedra are much larger than C60structures, having edge lengths of about 4.0 and 5.0 nanometres, and may represent the first ‘inorganic fullerenes’.

Date: 1999
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