title: Flowerlike WSe2 and WS2 microspheres: one-pot synthesis, formation mechanism and application in heavy metal ion sequestration.
abstract: Flowerlike WSe2 and WS2 microspheres were synthesized by a facile and scalable one-pot solvothermal method. Their formation mechanism followed the reaction between dissolved W(CO)6 and dissolved S or melted Se without complete decomposition of W(CO)6 into tungsten. As novel efficient sorbents, WSe2 and WS2 demonstrated outstanding uptake capacities for Pb(2+) and Hg(2+).
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Manufacturing, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. rcaruso@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Dehong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Manufacturing, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia and School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Manufacturing, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia and Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. rcaruso@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jeannie Z Y
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Manufacturing, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Jingchao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wei-Guo
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Manufacturing, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia and Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. rcaruso@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Rachel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Caruso