title: On Layered Silicates and Zeolitic Nanosheets.
abstract: Zeolite synthesis: In a Communication published in this journal in early 2015, Messinger, Na, Seo, Ryoo, and Chmelka (MNSRC) claim that the formation of zeolite MFI nanosheets proceeds through an intermediate, crystalline layered silicate phase. It is now proposed that the layered silicate phase in the MNSRC work is an artefact rather than a species possibly playing a significant role in MFI nanosheet formation.
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maarten G
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1296-0255
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Goesten
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Xiaochun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Brahim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mezari
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Emiel J M
authors.initials: EJM
authors.lastname: Hensen
keywords: silicates; solid-state structures; zeolites