Issue 14, 2012
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Shaping up: spontaneous formation of ordered mesoscopic salt bowls†

Katla Sai Krishna,‡a   Bosukonda V. V. S. Pavan Kumara  and  Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy*a  

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a Nanomaterials and Catalysis Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit and DST Unit on Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, India
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Abstract

The spontaneous formation of hexagonally organized, mesoscopic salt-bowls is reported here by a simple heating of manganous sulphate salt with a polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer. The crystallization of salt around the gas bubble during the decomposition of polymer leaves strikingly beautiful mesoscopic structures.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA20596C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Apr 2012
Accepted
10 May 2012
First published
10 May 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 5947-5949

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K. S. Krishna, B. V. V. S. P. Kumar and M. Eswaramoorthy, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 5947 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20596C

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