title: "Extracting" the key fragment in ETS-10 crystallization and its application in AM-6 assembly.
abstract: The mechanism of crystallization of microporous titanosilicate ETS-10 was investigated by Raman spectroscopy combined with (29)Si magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy, DFT calculations, and SEM imaging. The formation of three-membered ring species is shown to be the key step in the hydrothermal synthesis of ETS-10. They are formed by means of a complex process that involves the interaction of silicate species in the reaction mixture, which promotes the dissolution of TiO(2) particles. These insights into the mechanism of ETS-10 growth led to the successful development of a new synthesis route to the vanadosilicate AM-6 that involves the use of intermediates that contain three-membered ring species as an initiator.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, PR China.
authors.forename: Meiling
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authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Zhaochi
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authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Guanna
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Evgeny A
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authors.lastname: Pidko
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authors.lastname: Magusin
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authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Bert M
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authors.lastname: Weckhuysen
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authors.lastname: Hensen
authors.forename: Fengtao
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authors.lastname: Fan
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authors.lastname: Li