Self-Assembly of Subnanometer-Diameter Single-Wall MoS2 Nanotubes
Maja Remskar,1*
Ales Mrzel,1
Zora Skraba,1
Adolf Jesih,1
Miran Ceh,1
Jure Dem
ar,1
Pierre Stadelmann,2
Francis Lévy,3
Dragan Mihailovic1
We report on the synthesis, structure, and self-assembly of
single-wall subnanometer-diameter molybdenum disulfide tubes. The
nanotubes are up to hundreds of micrometers long and display diverse
self-assembly properties on different length scales, ranging from
twisted bundles to regularly shaped "furry" forms. The bundles, which contain interstitial iodine, can be readily disassembled into
individual molybdenum disulfide nanotubes. The synthesis was performed
using a novel type of catalyzed transport reaction including
C60 as a growth promoter.
1 Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2 Centre de
Microscopie Électronique-CIME, Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
3 Institute of Applied Physics, Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
maja.remskar{at}ijs.si
