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Preparation and characterisation of CoS2 nanomaterial in aqueous cationic surfactant medium of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)

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Cobalt disulfide is an important nanomaterial in the field of material chemistry due to its interesting catalytic and electromagnetic properties. We herein report the simple solution phase preparation of nanoparticles of cobalt disulfide in micellar medium of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and also by way of capping with thiophenol. The product has been characterized using spectroscopic and electron microscopic and magnetic moment measurements. The presence of disulfide bond is clearly evident from the 480 cm−1 peak in the infrared spectrum. The thiol passivated particles prepared in aqueous and ethanol medium has been found to have different compositions as observed from the ESIMS study.

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IC thanks CSIR, Government of India, for Jounior Research Fellowship and SPM thanks INSA, Govt. of India for a Senior Scientist Position. Help received from Mr. A. Sanyal of National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India for XRD measurements is acknowledged with thanks.

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    Indranil Chakraborty, Pradip K. Malik & Satya P. Moulik

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Chakraborty, I., Malik, P.K. & Moulik, S.P. Preparation and characterisation of CoS2 nanomaterial in aqueous cationic surfactant medium of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). J Nanopart Res 8, 889–897 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-005-9032-y

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