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Published on: December 29, 2016
Metal Chalcogenide-Hydroxide Hybrids as an Emerging Family of Two-Dimensional Heterolayered Materials: An Early
Yuri Mikhlin1,2, Maxim Likhatski1, Roman Borisov1,3
1Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia.
Abstract:
Two-dimensional (2D) materials and phenomena attract huge attention in modern science. Herein, we introduce a family of layered materials inspired by the minerals valleriite and tochilinite, which are composed of alternating "incompatible", and often incommensurate, quasi-atomic sheets of transition metal chalcogenide (sulfides and selenides of Fe, Fe-Cu and other metals) and hydroxide of Mg, Al, Fe, Li, etc., stacked via electrostatic interaction rather than van der Waals forces. We survey the data available on the composition and structure of the layered minerals, laboratory syntheses of such materials and the effect of reaction conditions on the phase purity, morphology and composition of the products. The spectroscopic results (Mössbauer, X-ray photoelectron, X-ray absorption, Raman, UV-vis, etc.), physical (electron, magnetic, optical and some others) characteristics, a specificity of thermal behavior of the materials are discussed. The family of superconductors (FeSe)·(Li,Fe)(OH) having a similar layered structure is briefly considered too. Finally, promising research directions and applications of the valleriite-type substances as a new class of prospective multifunctional 2D materials are outlined.
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