Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Book Chapter Book Chapter Faculty Publications- Book Chapter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MoS2, a new perspective beyond graphene Subject The topic of the resource 2D materials; Cancer therapy; Electrocatalysis; MoS<sub>2</sub>Transition metal dichalcogenides Description An account of the resource Owing to the fascinating structural, optical, electrical, chemical properties, graphene has created new paradigm in the field of nanoscience and the common crystalline structures that can be exfoliated include the layered van der Waals (vdW) solids such as boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), black phosphorus, and the layered ionic solids. Here, we bring forth the state-of-art-of materials dominated by their two-dimensional (2D) geometry beyond graphene. Being one of the most well-studied families of vdW layered materials, molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) belonging to TMDC family has gained considerable research interest. The present work is focused on attempts to optimize and characterize this material with unique properties for a host of applications. The work resolves the hydrothermal growth of hexagonal MoS2 nanoflakes with attracting optical and magnetic properties providing strong evidence for the spin orbit split valence bands of these nanostructures. The enhanced electrocatalytic activity, excitation wavelength dependent down-conversion and up-conversion photoluminescence, growth of structural polymorphs using simple hydrothermal method, and the efficient anticancer properties of MoS2 nanostructures providing greater insight into energy and biomedical applications are also discussed. The improved catalytic activity of MoS2-based nanostructures reveals the increasing number of accessible active sites, formation of large surface area and is greatly beneficial for accomplishing a clean, environmental-friendly, inexpensive hydrogen mission for energy storage and conversion applications. The synergistic effect of the MoS2 nanocomposites was able to impede angiogenesis, tumor growth, and epithelial to mesenchymal transition, elucidating the anticancer efficacy. Understanding and exploiting such unique properties of these 2D materials paves new horizons toward novel technological advances in electronic and medical field. 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chacko L.; Poyyakkara A.; Kumar V.B.S.; Aneesh P.M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fundamentals and Properties of Multifunctional Nanomaterials, pp. 499-541. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822352-9.00018-3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822352-9.00018-3</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127722443&doi=10.1016%2FB978-0-12-822352-9.00018-3&partnerID=40&md5=93532b9a812ba3ea7edf92fd5dc65670" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127722443&doi=10.1016%2fB978-0-12-822352-9.00018-3&partnerID=40&md5=93532b9a812ba3ea7edf92fd5dc65670</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISBN: 978-012822352-9 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book chapter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Chacko L., Department of Physics, Central University of Kerala, Kerala, Kasaragod, India, Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Poyyakkara A., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Central University of Kerala, Kerala, Kasaragod, India; Kumar V.B.S., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Central University of Kerala, Kerala, Kasaragod, India; Aneesh P.M., Department of Physics, Central University of Kerala, Kerala, Kasaragod, India