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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 41, Issue 12, Pages 2341-2348Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2006.04.028
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inorganic compounds; chemical synthesis; microstructure
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The platelet-like and assembled hexagonal Mg-5(CO3)(4)(OH)(2)center dot 4H(2)O have been prepared via a homogenous precipitation reaction between MgCl2 and (CH2)(6)N-4. The pH variation of initial solutions results in different nucleation rates, which further leads to various morphology changes from platelets to assembled structures. The similar morphology of magnesium oxide (MgO) samples can be obtained by calcination of their corresponding Mg-5(CO3)(4)(OH)(2)center dot 4H(2)O samples. In addition, the novel self-assembled MgO crystals with a flowerlike morphology have been obtained by calcination of MgO precursor, which is synthesized via a homogenous precipitation reaction between MgCl2 and CO(NH2)(2). A possible self-assembly process of flowerlike crystals is proposed by arresting a series of intermediate morphologies during the shape evolution from the submicrometer-sized petal to the flowerlike morphology. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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