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Observation of van der Waals Driven Self-Assembly of MoSI Nanowires into a Low-Symmetry Structure Using Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy†

  1. V. Nicolosi1,
  2. P. D. Nellist1,7,
  3. S. Sanvito1,
  4. E. C. Cosgriff1,7,
  5. S. Krishnamurthy1,
  6. W. J. Blau1,
  7. M. L. H. Green3,
  8. D. Vengust4,
  9. D. Dvorsek4,
  10. D. Mihailovic4,
  11. G. Compagnini5,
  12. J. Sloan6,
  13. V. Stolojan6,
  14. J. D. Carey6,
  15. S. J. Pennycook2,
  16. J. N. Coleman1

Article first published online: 24 JAN 2007

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200601867

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 19, Issue 4, pages 543–547, February, 2007

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Nicolosi, V., Nellist, P., Sanvito, S., Cosgriff, E., Krishnamurthy, S., Blau, W., Green, M., Vengust, D., Dvorsek, D., Mihailovic, D., Compagnini, G., Sloan, J., Stolojan, V., Carey, J., Pennycook, S. and Coleman, J. (2007), Observation of van der Waals Driven Self-Assembly of MoSI Nanowires into a Low-Symmetry Structure Using Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy. Advanced Materials, 19: 543–547. doi: 10.1002/adma.200601867

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

  2. 2

    Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  3. 3

    Inorganic Chemistry Lab, University of Oxford, S Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK

  4. 4

    Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia

  5. 5

    Department of Chemistry, University Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, Catania, 95125, Italy

  6. 6

    Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK

  7. 7

    Present address: University of Oxford, Dept. of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK

  1. †

    The authors acknowledge the support of the European Union in the form of the European Community's Human Potential Program under contract HPRN-CT-2002-00192, [NANOTEMP]. S.S. thanks the Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI02/IN1/I175) for financial support. D.M. and W.J.B. thank DESYGN-IT for financial support. We also thank the UK SuperSTEM facility for use of their facilities. V.N. and G.C. acknowledge A. Scandurra for useful discussions. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the author.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 9 FEB 2007
  2. Article first published online: 24 JAN 2007
  3. Manuscript Revised: 9 NOV 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 15 AUG 2006

Funded by

  • European Community's Human Potential Program. Grant Number: HPRN-CT-2002-00192, [NANOTEMP]
  • the Science Foundation of Ireland. Grant Number: SFI02/IN1/I175
  • DESYGN-IT

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Keywords:

  • Crystal structures;
  • Molybdenum;
  • Nanowires

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The packing structure of bundled MoSI nanowires is investigated. Scanning and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy are used to determine both the nanowire structure and bundle superstructure. Shown is a high-resolution microscopy image of a small bundle. The image width is 8 nm. It is found that the nanowires pack in crystalline bundles defined by the P1equation image (#2) spacegroup.

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