Nanoparticles Produced by Laser Ablation of HfS in Liquid Medium: Inorganic Fullerene-Like Structures of Hf2S

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
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.ernet.in/id/eprint/17165

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