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WS2 and MoS2 Inorganic Fullerenes—Super Shock Absorbers at Very High Pressures†

  1. Y. Q. Zhu1,
  2. T. Sekine2,
  3. Y. H. Li1,
  4. W. X. Wang3,
  5. M. W. Fay1,
  6. H. Edwards1,
  7. P. D. Brown1,
  8. N. Fleischer4,
  9. R. Tenne5

Article first published online: 7 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200401962

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 17, Issue 12, pages 1500–1503, June, 2005

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How to Cite

Zhu, Y. Q., Sekine, T., Li, Y. H., Wang, W. X., Fay, M. W., Edwards, H., Brown, P. D., Fleischer, N. and Tenne, R. (2005), WS2 and MoS2 Inorganic Fullerenes—Super Shock Absorbers at Very High Pressures. Adv. Mater., 17: 1500–1503. doi: 10.1002/adma.200401962

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

  2. 2

    Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan

  3. 3

    School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

  4. 4

    NanoMaterials, Ltd, Weizmann Science Park, 2 Holtzman Street, Rehovot 76124, Israel

  5. 5

    Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

  1. †

    We thank the EPSRC for financial support. R. T. thanks the Israel Science Foundation and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 JUN 2005
  2. Article first published online: 7 JUN 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 MAR 2005
  4. Manuscript Received: 1 DEC 2004

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Keywords:

  • Fullerenes;
  • Nanomaterials;
  • Nanostructures, inorganic
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Superb antishock WS2 inorganic fullerenes (IF) can sustain shock pressures up to 25 GPa, suggesting that these IFs are probably the toughest cage molecules known. The Figure shows images of a) pre- and b) post-shock WS2 IF nanoparticles. These IFs may have great potential to withstand very high applied loads when used as solid-state lubricants.

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