Hydrothermal synthesis as a route to mineralogically-inspired structures

Dalton Transactions : an International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Colin D McMillen, Joseph W Kolis

Abstract

The use of high temperature hydrothermal reactions to prepare crystals having mineralogically-related structures is described. Complex naturally occurring minerals can have fascinating structures and exhibit important features like low dimensionality, noncentrosymmetry, or ion channels that can provide excellent guideposts for the designed synthesis of new materials. Actual minerals, even though they may have intriguing physical properties, are often unsuitable for study because of the persistent impurities inevitably present in natural samples. Hydrothermal fluids at relatively high temperatures provide access to large, high quality single crystals of structures with mineral-like structures. This enables the study of physical properties like ionic conduction, magnetic spin frustration and non-linear optical behavior. Some fundamental considerations of the hydrothermal technique are discussed in the context of synthesizing mineralogically-inspired materials. The metal vanadates provide a surprisingly rich and diversified range of compounds and are selected to illustrate many of the concepts described here. A series of low dimensional mineral analogs featuring isolated units, chains, and layers have been prepared in the laborato...Continue Reading

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Mar 21, 2017·Inorganic Chemistry·Tiffany M Smith PellizzeriJoseph W Kolis
Apr 26, 2017·Accounts of Chemical Research·Zhiguo Xia, Kenneth R Poeppelmeier
Oct 18, 2018·Dalton Transactions : an International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry·Hongcheng Lu, Hiroshi Kageyama
May 9, 2019·Dalton Transactions : an International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry·Liurukara D SanjeewaJoseph W Kolis
Sep 29, 2019·Chemistry : a European Journal·Tiffany M Smith PellizzeriJoseph W Kolis
Mar 13, 2020·Dalton Transactions : an International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry·Tiffany M Smith PellizzeriJoseph W Kolis
Oct 6, 2017·Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials·Kyle FulleJoseph W Kolis
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Feb 3, 2018·Dalton Transactions : an International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry·Tiffany M Smith PellizzeriJoseph W Kolis
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