title: Continuous hydrothermal synthesis of extensive 2D sodium titanate (Na2Ti3O7) nano-sheets.
abstract: A novel and rapid and continuous hydrothermal route to the synthesis of extensive ultra-thin 2D sodium titanate (Na(2)Ti(3)O(7)) nano-sheets using a superheated water flow at 450 degrees C and 24.1 MPa as a crystallizing medium is described. High resolution electron microscopy of the sheets revealed that they were a few layers thick and largely uncurled, highly crystalline despite their very short time under hydrothermal flow conditions. The sodium titanate sheets possessed excellent photocatalytic activity for decolourisation of methylene blue dye.
authors.affiliation: Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, United Kingdom WC1H 0AJ.
authors.forename: Zhice
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Josephine B M
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Goodall
authors.forename: Sonal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Robin J H
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hutchison
authors.forename: I U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: Jawwad A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Darr