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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 127, Issue 40, Pages 13869-13874Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja0523338
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We report on the controlled synthesis of single-crystal platelets of alpha- and beta-Co(OH)(2) via homogeneous precipitation using hexamethylenetetramine as a hydrolysis agent. The alpha- and beta-Co(OH)(2) hexagonal platelets of several micrometers in width and about 15 nm in thickness were reproducibly yielded in rather dilute CoCl2 solutions in the presence and absence of NaCl at 90 degrees C, respectively. The phase and size control of the products were achieved by varying both CoCl2 and NaCl concentrations. Polarized optical microscope observations revealed clear liquid crystallinity of colloidal suspensions of these high aspect-ratio platelets. The as-prepared alpha-Co(OH)(2) containing interlayer chloride ions was intercalated with various inorganic or organic anions, keeping its high crystallinity and hexagonal platelike morphology.
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