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    Enhanced hydrothermal conversion of surfactant-modified diatom microshells into barium titanate replicas

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    2007-05
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    Ernst, Eric M.
    Church, Benjamin C.
    Gaddis, Christopher S.
    Snyder, Robert L.
    Sandhage, Kenneth H.
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    The three-dimensional nanostructured SiO2-based microshells of diatoms have been converted into nanocrystalline BaTiO₃ via a series of shape-preserving reactions. The microshells, obtained as diatomaceous earth, were first exposed to a surfactant-induced dissolution/reprecipitation process [C.E. Fowler, et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 398, 414 (2004)] to enhance the microshell surface area, without altering the microshell shape. The SiO₂ microshells were then converted into anatase TiO₂ replicas via reaction with TiF₄ gas and then humid oxygen. Hydrothermal reaction with a barium hydroxide-bearing solution then yielded three-dimensional nanocrystalline microshell replicas composed of BaTiO₃. The enhanced surface area of the surfactant-treated microshells resulted in faster conversion into phase-pure BaTiO₃ at 100 °C.
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