Physical Properties of Intercalated Inorganic Nanotubes.

Recently synthesized single-wall MoS[SUB2] nanotubes were electrochemically doped with Li and then studied by X-band electron spin resonance (ESR). We demonstrate, that on average 2.3 mole of Li per MoS[SUB2] unit can be intercalated into the bundles of MoS[SUB2] nanotubes. The ESR results show that most of the Li is intercalated into the channels between the individual nanotubes. The electronic properties of charged MoS[SUB2] nanotubes are largely determined by the defects, either by paramagnetic or topological. We found also evidence for the presence of small Li metallic particles in our sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]