title: Synthesis of Giant Zeolite Crystals by a Bulk-Material Dissolution Technique.
abstract: Using a quartz glass tube as a bulk silica source under aqueous hydrothermal conditions afforded giant crystals of MFI zeolite about 3 mm in size (see photo). Similar procedures were successfully applied to bulk aluminosilicate ceramics to synthesize large crystals of other zeolites, such as ANA, JBW, CAN, and SOD.
authors.affiliation: Joint Research Center for Harmonized Molecular Materials, Japan Chemical Innovation Institute, 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565 (Japan).
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada