Morphology transformation of nanoscale magnesium hydroxide: From nanosheets to nanodisks
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2006
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Jia, B.
Gao, L.
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Journal of The American Ceramic Society, 2006; 89(12):3881-3884
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Nanoscale Mg(OH)
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with different morphologies, from nanosheets, nanosquares, and nanodisks, have been successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal reaction of Mg(CH
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COO)
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and sodium hydroxide in the presence of citrate. Direct observation of transformation from nanosheets to nanodisks indicates clearly the growth of a Mg(OH)
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nanocrystal. The structure and morphology of the resultant Mg(OH)
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nanostructures were characterized by X‐ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and selected area electron diffraction patterns (SAED). A possible formation mechanism of the Mg(OH)
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nanostructures is proposed based on the oriented aggregation mechanism.
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