Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1620717 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A hydrothermal route has been designed for the selective synthesis of potassium copper phosphate hydrate [CuK(PO4)·H2O] (PCPH) and ludjibaite [Cu5(OH)4(PO4)2] microcrystals. The final products of this hydrothermal process are determined by the reaction media (in an ethanol/water mixed solvent). The ethanol molecule acts as a switch: when ethanol is added (volume ratio of ethanol to water being 3:1), the product is PCPH; when in the absence of ethanol, the product is ludjibaite. These results demonstrated that such a binary reaction media could provide an alternative and versatile strategy for controlling inorganic microcrystals by simply manipulating the supersaturation of the growing solution.
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Authors
Jiasheng Xu, Jie Zhang, Jianhua Qian,