An in situ EDXRD kinetic and mechanistic study of the hydrothermal crystallization of TiO2 nanoparticles from nitric acid peptized sol–gel. Issue 9 (7th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rehan, Mohammad; Kale, Girish M.; Lai, Xiaojun
• Is Part Of: CrystEngComm. Volume 17:Issue 9(2015)
• Page Start: 2013
• Page End: 2020
• Publication Date: 2015-03-07
• Subjects: Crystals -- Periodicals; Crystal growth -- Periodicals; Crystallography -- Periodicals; Cristaux -- Périodiques; Cristaux -- Croissance -- Périodiques; Cristallographie -- Périodiques; 548
• DOI: 10.1039/c4ce02270j
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1466-8033

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj40vgnvq" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" /> <italic>In situ</italic> EDXRD has been used to probe the reaction kinetics and mechanism of the hydrothermal crystallization of TiO₂ nanoparticles. The process was found to involve a diffusion-controlled mechanism based on the Avrami–Erofe'ev kinetic model.</p> </abstract>