Templated deposition of MoS2 nanotubules using single source precursor and studies of their optical limiting properties

Kian Ping Loh; Heng Zhang; Wei Zhe Chen; Wei Ji

doi:10.1021/jp055959t

Templated deposition of MoS2 nanotubules using single source precursor and studies of their optical limiting properties

J Phys Chem B. 2006 Jan 26;110(3):1235-9. doi: 10.1021/jp055959t.

Authors

Kian Ping Loh¹, Heng Zhang, Wei Zhe Chen, Wei Ji

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543. [email protected]

PMID: 16471669
DOI: 10.1021/jp055959t

Abstract

We demonstrate a simple way of fabricating bulk quantities of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) porous nanotubules (NTs) by templated deposition from a single source precursor based on tetrakis(diethylaminodithiocarbomato)molybdate(IV). Bulk quantities of crystalline MoS2 NTs that consist of agglomerates of nested nanocapsules were obtained by this one-step evaporation method. We found that MoS2 NTs show good optical limiting behavior with 532-and 1064-nm nanosecond laser pulses, and the size-effect of the NTs on optical transmission was observed.