NanoMaterials’ technology has succeeded in creating a range of multi-walled nano particles in the form of nanoshperes and nanotubes. As opposed to the large flat sheets that normally occur in layered inorganic compounds such as MoS₂ platelet types, the Nanomaterials Synthesis Group was the first and only to successfully synthesize these inorganic particles into significantly  smaller  nano spheres and nano-tubes, eliminating the presence of open edges and achieving a much more chemically stable material.

Each particle consists of a number of progressively smaller concentric spheres nested one within the other. The nested structure has been compared to that of an onion or a Russian doll. The diameter of the nanoparticles is on the order of 100 nm, about a thousand times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. These nanoparticles, due to their size, shape, chemistry, and structure, have special properties that are not possible with conventional size and shaped materials.