Application of microwave dielectric loss heating effects for the rapid and convenient synthesis of intercalation compounds

Abstract

Intercalation compounds of α-VO(PO₄)·2H₂O with pyridine, 4-methylpyridine, and 4-phenylpyridine have been synthesised two orders of magnitude more quickly using microwave dielectric loss heating effects than with conventional thermal methods; the samples retain a high degree of crystallinity and are therefore readily characterised by powder X-ray crystallographic techniques.