The “jump of size” phenomenon in aqueous-nanoparticle reaction system: phase transformation from nano-Mg(OH)2 to bulk MgCO3·3H2O

YongJing Wang; Weizhen Liu; Feng Huang; Ting Zou; Zhang Lin

doi:10.1039/C2CE26054A

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The “jump of size” phenomenon in aqueous-nanoparticle reaction system: phase transformation from nano-Mg(OH)₂ to bulk MgCO₃·3H₂O†

YongJing Wang,^a Weizhen Liu,^a Feng Huang,^b Ting Zou^a and Zhang Lin*^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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^b Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Abstract

With the existence of CO₂ and H₂O, an unusual “jump of size” phenomenon from nano-Mg(OH)₂ into bulk MgCO₃·3H₂O was investigated. It was revealed that the fast growth mode undergoes an in situ conversion of aggregated nano-particles to bulk crystal.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CE26054A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 03 Jul 2012
Accepted: 30 Aug 2012
First published: 31 Aug 2012

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CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 7165-7169

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The “jump of size” phenomenon in aqueous-nanoparticle reaction system: phase transformation from nano-Mg(OH)₂ to bulk MgCO₃·3H₂O

Y. Wang, W. Liu, F. Huang, T. Zou and Z. Lin, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 7165 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26054A

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