Two-dimensional and tubular structures of misfit compounds: Structural and electronic properties

• Tommy Lorenz,
• Jan-Ole Joswig and
• Gotthard Seifert

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2171–2178, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.226

• well as the interlayer bonding behaviour, which is not completely understood yet. Furthermore, a more detailed insight into the SnS–SnS2 system is given, which was the first tubular misfit compound that has been synthesized and extensively investigated. Keywords: 2D layered materials; misfit layer

• compounds; Review Introduction Sheets of different two-dimensional, layered materials can assemble to form composite materials. As the compounds usually exhibit their own symmetry and space groups, their unit cells differ in most cases in either one, two, or all three directions. The combination of any two

• are bonded only by van der Waals interaction. This is one reason why it is possible to intercalate metal atoms within this van der Waals gap. Due to the fact that layered materials show exceptional lubricating properties originating in strong intra-layer, but weak inter-layer interactions, lubricating

Experimental techniques for the characterization of carbon nanoparticles – a brief overview

• Wojciech Kempiński,
• Szymon Łoś,
• Mateusz Kempiński and
• Damian Markowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1760–1766, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.186

• of controlled charge and spin localization within different systems based on nano-graphite or nano-graphene crystallites can be approached. Individual carbon nanoparticles – the structure Graphite crystals are layered materials with the strong carbon bonding within the atomic sheets and weak

Mapping mechanical properties of organic thin films by force-modulation microscopy in aqueous media

• Jianming Zhang,
• Zehra Parlak,
• Carleen M. Bowers,
• Terrence Oas and
• Stefan Zauscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 464–474, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.53

• mechanics when the static contact force is much greater than the adhesion force [41][42][43]. Furthermore, the Hertzian contact model has been successfully extended to characterize the stiffness of thin, layered materials [3][44]. If necessary, tip–sample adhesion can easily be included in the contact

Micro- and mesoporous solids: From science to application

• Jörg J. Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 774–775, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.85

• -formation techniques, is another avenue of basic research into exciting mesoporous materials, and the application of such mesoporous layered materials to adsorption and catalysis can certainly be envisaged in the near future. In this Thematic Series the interested reader will find a compilation of recent