Mo2Ga2C: a new ternary nanolaminated carbide

C. Hu; C.-C. Lai; Q. Tao; J. Lu; J. Halim; L. Sun; J. Zhang; J. Yang; B. Anasori; J. Wang; Y. Sakka; L. Hultman; P. Eklund; J. Rosen; M. W. Barsoum

doi:10.1039/C5CC00980D

Mo₂Ga₂C: a new ternary nanolaminated carbide†

C. Hu,‡^a C.-C. Lai,‡^b Q. Tao,‡^b J. Lu,^b J. Halim,^ab L. Sun,^c J. Zhang,^c J. Yang,^a B. Anasori,^a J. Wang,^c Y. Sakka,^d L. Hultman,^b P. Eklund,^b J. Rosen*^b and M. W. Barsoum*^ab

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^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, USA
E-mail: barsoumw@drexel.edu

^b Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping SE-58183, Sweden
E-mail: johro@ifm.liu.se

^c Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

^d Advanced Materials Processing Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan

Abstract

We report the discovery of a new hexagonal Mo₂Ga₂C phase, wherein two Ga layers – instead of one – are stacked in a simple hexagonal arrangement in between Mo₂C layers. It is reasonable to assume this compound is the first of a larger family.

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Mo₂Ga₂C: a new ternary nanolaminated carbide†

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