The first true inorganic fullerenes?

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 nanotubes. However, the analogy to the carbon fullerene family falls short because no small preferred structure akin to C60(r...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1999-01, Vol.397 (6715), p.114-114
Main Authors: Parilla, P. A, Dillon, A. C, Jones, K. M, Riker, G, Schulz, D. L, Ginley, D. S, Heben, M. J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boron
Carbon
Electrons
Fullerenes
Humanities and Social Sciences
Inorganic fullerenes
Lasers
Molybdenum
multidisciplinary
Nanocomposites
Nanomaterials
Nanostructure
Nanotechnology
Polyhedrons
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
scientific-correspondence
Selenium
Soot
Tungsten
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Summary: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 nanotubes. However, the analogy to the carbon fullerene family 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'.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/16368