Materials Syntheses: A Practical Guide

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Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
Controlling Size and Morphology of Zeolite L......Page 16
Large Zeolite L Crystals......Page 18
Medium-sized Disc-shaped Zeolite L Crystals......Page 20
Nano-sized Zeolite L Crystals......Page 22
Medium-sized Cylindrical-shaped Zeolite L Crystals......Page 23
Zeolite A and ZK-4......Page 27
Zeolite A Crystals......Page 31
ZK-4 Crystals......Page 32
Nano-sized Zeolite A Crystals (Fig. 4)......Page 33
Mesostructured Silica Thin Films......Page 35
Preparation of the Coating Sol......Page 38
Post Treatment......Page 39
Organically Modified Monolithic Silica Aerogels......Page 45
Preparation of 3-Methacryloxypropyl-substituted Silica Aerogel......Page 47
Preparation of 2-Aminoethyl-3-aminopropyl-substituted Silica Aerogel......Page 50
Porous Silica Gel by Acid Leaching of Metakaolin......Page 52
Preparation of the Acid-activated Solids......Page 54
Zirconia-Pillared Clays......Page 57
Preparation of Zr-pillared Clays Using Zirconyl Chloride as Precursor......Page 59
Preparation of Zr-pillared Clays Using Zirconium Acetate as Precursor......Page 61
Montmorillonites with Mixed Aluminum-Lanthanide Oxide Pillars......Page 63
Preparation of the Pillaring Agent......Page 64
Pillaring Process......Page 65
Birnessite-type Manganese Oxide by Redox Precipitation......Page 68
Redox Precipitation......Page 70
Hydrothermal Treatment......Page 71
Templated Carbon from Pyrolysis of Pyrene in Pillared Clay Matrices......Page 74
Preparation of Pillared Clay......Page 76
Loading of the Pillared Clay with Organic Compounds......Page 77
Pyrolysis, and Removal of the Inorganic Matrix......Page 78
Fiberous Carbon from Sepiolite Clay and Propylene......Page 80
Preparation of Propylene-loaded Sepiolite......Page 82
Pyrolysis and Dissolution of the Propylene-loaded Sepiolite......Page 84
Aerosol Spray Synthesis of Porous Molybdenum Sulfide Powder......Page 86
Preparation of Porous MoS[sub(2)]......Page 89
Sonochemically Prepared Molybdenum Sulfide......Page 92
Preparation in Glove Box......Page 94
Product Isolation......Page 95
Doped Manganites......Page 98
Preparation of La[sub(0.5)]Ba[sub(0.5)]MnO[sub(3)]......Page 100
Preparation of La[sub(0.5)]Sr[sub(0.5)]MnO[sub(3)]......Page 103
Lithium Manganese Oxide Prepared by Flux Methods......Page 106
Growth of LiMn[sub(2)]O[sub(4)] Spinel Single Crystals in a LiCl-Mn(NO[sub(3)])[sub(2)]Flux......Page 108
Growth of LiMn[sub(2)]O[sub(4)] Spinel Single Crystals in a LiCl-MnCl[sub(2)] Flux......Page 110
Nanoscale Magnesium Oxide......Page 113
Nanostructured Pt-doped Tin Oxide Films......Page 118
Preparation of the Sol for Coating......Page 120
Film Deposition and Annealing......Page 122
Organically Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles......Page 128
Synthesis of SiO[sub(2)] Nanoparticles......Page 130
Functionalization of the Silica Particles......Page 131
Copper Nanoparticles in Silica......Page 135
Sol-Gel Processing of Alkoxysilyl-substituted Metal Complexes......Page 138
Oxidation......Page 139
Reduction......Page 140
Copper Nanocrystals......Page 142
Assembly of TOPO-Capped Silver Nanoparticles to Multilayered Films......Page 148
Transfer of the Silver Nanoparticle Sol into Organic Solvents......Page 150
Multilayered Film Synthesis......Page 151
Colloidal Dispersion of Gold Nanoparticles......Page 153
Preparation of HAuCl[sub(4)].3H[sub(2)]O......Page 155
Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles Colloidal Suspension......Page 156
One-dimensional Nanorods and Nanowires......Page 160
Preparation of Growth Solution......Page 161
Preparation of Gold Nanorods and Wires......Page 162
Monolithic Tin-doped Silica Glass......Page 165
Sol-Gel Transition and Drying......Page 167
Sintering Process A......Page 168
Sintering Process B......Page 169
Octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane and Polyphenylsilsesquioxane for Nanocomposites......Page 174
Synthesis of OPS and its Polymeric Analog PPS from PTES......Page 177
Polysilsesquicarbodiimide Xerogels......Page 187
Polyaniline – A Conducting Polymer......Page 193
Preparation of Polyaniline Hydrochloride......Page 195
Preparation of Polyaniline Base......Page 198
Allyl- and Hydroxytelechelic Poly(isobutylenes)......Page 202
Syntheses of Allyl-telechelic PIB (1)......Page 206
Syntheses of Hydroxyl-telechelic PIBs (2)......Page 207
Symmetrically and Unsymmetrically Substituted Phthalocyanines......Page 210
Procedure A......Page 214
Procedure B......Page 216
P\n......Page 219