Journal
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH
Volume 312, Issue 22, Pages 3367-3372Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.10.068
Keywords
Nanostructures; Growth from solutions; Hydrothermal crystal growth; Nanomaterials
Funding
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in the University [NCET-05-0278]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50872016]
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Hexagonal nanoplatelets of layered double hydroxide containing Mg2+ and Al3+ cations and CO32- anion (MgAl-CO3-LDH) were successfully synthesized via an ethylenediamine-assisted hydrothermal route. The obtained samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectrum, respectively. The results show that ethylenediamine not only inhibits impurity phases generated in the synthesis of MgAl-CO3-LDH but also can effectively control the crystal size of MgAl-CO3-LDH in the range of 50-100 nm. In particular, a possible formation mechanism of hexagonal nanoplatelet MgAl-CO3-LDH is proposed. The present work develops a simple and mild route to crystallize MgAl-CO3-LDH with hexagonal nanoplatelet morphology, which is a key engineering step toward its potential size-dependent applications. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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