Issue 26, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Hydrothermal synthesis of monodisperse single-crystalline alpha-quartz nanospheres†

Xingmao Jiang,ab   Ying-Bing Jiangb  and  C. Jeffrey Brinker*bc  

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a Key Laboratory of Fine Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, PR China
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b Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
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c Sandia National Laboratories, MS1349, Albuquerque, USA
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Abstract

Uniformly-sized, single-crystal alpha-quartz nanospheres have been synthesized at 200 °C and 15 atm under continuous stirring starting from uniform, amorphous Stöber silica colloids and using NaCl and alkali hydroxide as mineralizers. Quartz nanosphere size is controlled by the colloid particle size via direct devitrification. Uniform, high-purity nanocrystalline quartz is important for understanding nanoparticle toxicology and for advanced polishing and nanocomposite fabrication.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC11115A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Feb 2011
Accepted
06 May 2011
First published
31 May 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 7524-7526

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Hydrothermal synthesis of monodisperse single-crystalline alpha-quartz nanospheres

X. Jiang, Y. Jiang and C. J. Brinker, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7524 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11115A

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