Toward Pillared Layered Metal Sulfides. Intercalation of the Chalcogenide Clusters Co₆Q₈(PR₃)₆ (Q = S, Se, and Te and R = Alkyl) into MoS₂

A new family of materials based on layered transition metal dichalcogenides of the type [M‘xQyLz]n[MoS2] (Q = S, Se, Te) was prepared as a first step toward pillared layered sulfides. The new intercalated phases form from the addition of Co6Q8(PR3)6 solutions to exfoliated suspensions MoS2.