@article{a0cb8f8c69264ca4a87b16b50c44b9f7,
title = "Soft Chemical Synthesis of HxCrS2: An Antiferromagnetic Material with Alternating Amorphous and Crystalline Layers",
abstract = "We report a new HxCrS2-based crystalline/amorphous layered material synthesized by soft chemical methods. We study the structural nature and composition of this material with atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), revealing a complex structure consisting of alternating layers of amorphous and crystalline lamellae. Furthermore, the magnetic properties show evidence for increased magnetic frustration compared to the parent compound NaCrS2. Finally, we show that this material can be exfoliated, thus providing a facile synthesis method for chromium-sulfide-based ultrathin layers. The material reported herein can not only be a source of new thin TMD-related sheets for potential application in catalysis but also be of interest for realizing new 2D magnetic materials.",
author = "Xiaoyu Song and Guangming Cheng and Daniel Weber and Florian Pielnhofer and Shiming Lei and Sebastian Klemenz and Yeh, {Yao Wen} and Filsinger, {Kai A.} and Arnold, {Craig B.} and Nan Yao and Schoop, {Leslie M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by NSF through the Princeton Center for Complex Materials, a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center DMR-1420541. Additional funds from the Princeton Catalysis Initiative (PCI) are acknowledged. The authors acknowledge the use of Princeton{\textquoteright}s Imaging and Analysis Center, which is partially supported by the Princeton Center for Complex Materials, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-MRSEC program (DMR-1420541). The authors thank Prof. Bettina Lotsch, Dr. Ulrich Wedig, and the Computer Service group from the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research (Stuttgart, Germany) for access to CRYSTAL17 and computational facilities. The authors thank Dr. Navid Bizmark and Jason X. Liu for performing the zeta potential measurement and Prof. Robert K. Prud{\textquoteright}homme for the access to the instrument. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1021/jacs.9b07503",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "141",
pages = "15634--15640",
journal = "Journal of the American Chemical Society",
issn = "0002-7863",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "39",
}