Facile synthesis and characterization of a novel silica-molybdenum disulfide hybrid material.

To improve the dispersion of MoS in polymer matrix, a facile synthesis approach was developed in this study through a synergetic effect between two kinds of nanofillers with different dimensionality. The nanohybrids based on two dimensional (2D) MoS and 0D silica nanospheres were fabricated by in situ growth method without any surfactants. Characterizations of the hybrid materials were done by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Solid-state Si nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, transmission electron micrographs (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).