Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Sodium cholate hydrate, from ox and/or sheep bile | Sigma Aldrich | C1254-100G | Surfactant used as stabilizer in the form of an aqueous solution (i.e., after dissolving the powder in millipore water) |
| MoS2 powder | Sigma Aldrich | 69860-100G | Other distributors available, but exfoliation and outcome of size selection can vary |
| WS2, powder 2 μm | Sigma Aldrich | 243639-50G | Other distributors available, but exfoliation and outcome of size selection can vary |
| ImageJ Software | Developer: National Insitutes of Health | 64-bit Java version 2.45 1.6.0_24 | Image processing software used for TEM analysis, free download |
| Gwyddion Software | Developer: Czech Metrology Institute | 64-bit Java version 2.45 | Image processing software used for AFM analysis, free download |
| Origin Pro Software | OriginLab | Version 2016 | Software used for data analysis such as differntiation and fitting of the extinction spectra |
| Centrifuge | HettichLab | Mikro 220R | any other benchtop centrifuge is suitable |
| Rotor 1 | Hettich | Rotor 1016 | for centrifugation <5,000 x g |
| Rotor 2 | Hettich | Rotor 1195-A | for centrifugation >5,000 x g |
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