A novel macrocycle-MoS2 nanocomposite has been synthesized and characterized using the exfoliation/restacking properties of LiMoS2, providing the first of a new family of intercalation compounds.

Zinc salts of carboxylic acid-functionalized alkoxybiphenyl mesogens (also termed surfactomesogens), HO2C(CH2) n-1PhPhOCH3, n = 6 and 11, Ph = phenyl, were melt-blended with poly(4-vinylpyridine), mainly at a mesogen/(vinylpyridine) molar ratio of 0.5, and studied by infrared spectroscopy, different...

Poly(bis-methoxyethoxyethoxy phosphazene) (MEEP) and cryptand[2.2.2] (crypt) have been intercalated separately into sodium exchanged montmorillonite (Na-mont), and impedance spectroscopy indicates that ionic conductivities of the resulting nanocomposites (log sigma = -7.6 (Omega . cm)(-1) for MEEP/N...

Polyaniline, poly(ethylene oxide), poly(propylene glycol), poly(vinylpyrrolidinone), methyl cellulose, polyethylenimine, polyethylene, and Nylon-6, were encapsulated into MoS2. Electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power measurements of pressed pellets of (PEO)(0.92)MoS2 and (Polyaniline)(0.35)...

A general approach for the encapsulation of a variety of saturated polymers between the layers of MoS2 giving electrically conductive lamellar compounds is reported.

Protonated emeraldine [poly(aniline)] has been encapsulated in MoO3 by first inserting aniline into its lattice followed by successful polymerization with (NH4)2S2O8; the new material is characterized by X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and charge transport measuremen...

A new family of materials based on layered transition metal dichalcogenides of the type [M'(x)Q(y)L(z)](n)[MoS2] (Q = S, Se, Te) was prepared as a first step toward pillared layered sulfides. The new intercalated phases form from the addition of Co(6)Q(8)(PR(3))(6) solutions to exfoliated suspension...

In this paper we report on the electrical characterization of conductive polyaniline and its derivatives. Conductivity measurements were also performed on the intercalated phases formed by the encapsulation of the polymers into layered molybdenum disulfide. These measurements were performed using th...

Intercalation compounds of pyrene and 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid into MoS2 have been synthesized and characterized. This was achieved by using the exfoliation/re-stacking properties of LiMoS2. The degree of intercalation was found to be dependent on the amount of guest species used, the re...