title: Nanobelt formation of magnesium hydroxide sulfate hydrate via a soft chemistry process.
abstract: The nanobelt formation of magnesium hydroxide sulfate hydrate (MHSH) via a soft chemistry approach using carbonate salt and magnesium sulfate as reactants was successfully demonstrated. X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersion X-ray spectra (EDS), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis revealed that the MHSH nanobelts possessed a thin belt structure (approximately 50 nm in thickness) and a rectangular cross profile (approximately 200 nm in width). The MHSH nanobelts suffered decomposition under electron beam irradiation during TEM observation and formed MgO with the pristine nanobelt morphology preserved. The formation process of the MHSH nanobelts was studied by tracking the morphology of the MHSH nanobelts during the reaction. A possible chemical reaction mechanism is proposed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, IPST at GT, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 10th Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0620, USA.
authors.forename: Zhengzhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Qunhui
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zeshan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D008276:Magnesium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049329:Nanostructures; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: C521410:magnesium hydroxide sulfate hydrate; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate; D008276:Magnesium Hydroxide