In this CrystEngComm Hot Article, Pal et al., describe a modified hydrothermal (MHT) reaction for the nucleation, growth and reversible dehydration of a well defined uranium oxide hydroxide hydrate species.
Shaping nano-/microcrystals using a ‘bottom-up’ method needs considerable attention. This is important as the morphology, dimensionality and size of the material can have a effect on its physical and chemical properties.
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Morphology controlled uranium oxide hydroxide hydrate for catalysis, luminescence and SERS studies
Mukul Pradhan, Sougata Sarkar, Arun Kumar Sinha, Mrinmoyee Basu and Tarasankar Pal*
CrystEngComm, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00666A, Paper