Illuminating the Black Box: A Perspective on Zeolite Crystallization in Inorganic Media

K Asselman, C Kirschhock… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Since the discovery of synthetic zeolites in the 1940s and their implementation
in major industrial processes involving adsorption, catalytic conversion, and ion exchange …

The surface chemistry of metal oxide clusters: From metal–organic frameworks to minerals

D Yang, M Babucci, WH Casey, BC Gates - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Many metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) incorporate nodes that are small metal oxide
clusters. Some of these MOFs are stable at high temperatures, offering good prospects as …

Fabrication of nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots based fluorescent probe and its application for simultaneous, sensitive and selective detection of umami amino …

T Han, Y Huang, T Gao, C Xia, C Sun, W Xu, D Wang - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) were synthesized by an
efficient one-step hydrothermal using hydrated citric acid and urea as the carbon and …

Formation of Nanoscale [Ge4O16Al48(OH)108(H2O)24]20+ from Condensation of ϵ‐GeAl128+ Keggin Polycations**

M Shohel, JL Bjorklund, JA Smith… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Keggin‐type polyaluminum cations belong to a unique class of compounds with their large
positive charge, hydroxo bridges, and divergent isomerization/oligomerization. Previous …

Structure–Function Correlations in the Mechanism of Action of Key Antiperspirant Agents Containing Al (III) and ZAG Salts

A Dawn, FC Wireko, A Shauchuk… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aluminum hydrolysis chemistry is an important part of modern society because of the
dominance of Al (III) as a highly effective antiperspirant active. However, the century-old …

Intermediate species in the crystallization of sodium aluminate hydroxy hydrates

TR Graham, M Dembowski, JZ Hu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In highly alkaline “water-in-salt” Na2O/Al2O3/H2O solutions where the monomeric Al (OH) 4–
anion dominates, isolation of transitional species that seed crystallization of sodium …

Crystallization of aluminum polycation sulfates: transformation of tetrahedral crystals into block crystals in aqueous solutions

G An, Y Jiang, J Xi, L Liu, P Wang, F Xiao, D Wang - CrystEngComm, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel crystalline transformation of Al polycation sulfates from tetrahedral to block shape was
observed spontaneously in aqueous solution. Theoretical calculations revealed that the …

Stabilization of cationic aluminum hydroxide clusters in high pH environments with a CaCl 2/l-arginine matrix

SE Smart, V Dubovoy, L Pan - Chemical Communications, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a way of stabilizing cationic partially hydrolyzed aluminum clusters in a non-
acidic environment, through Ca2+ and L-Arginine doping. The Keggin Al13-mer (ε-AlO4Al12 …

A conspicuous 27Al-NMR signal at 72 ppm during isomerization of Keggin Al13 ions

KG Brunson, CA Colla, AF Oliveri, L Pan… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2021 - Elsevier
A sharp signal at 72 ppm was recently observed in 27 Al-NMR spectra during the
isomerization of Keggin-Al 13 ions in the presence of calcium and glycine [1]. It has been …

Thermal Aging of Heteroatom-Substituted Keggin-Type Aluminum Oxo Polycation Solutions: Aggregation Behavior and Impacts on Humic Acid and Turbidity Removal

M Shohel, JA Smith, MA Carolan, TZ Forbes - ACS ES&T Water, 2021 - ACS Publications
Keggin-type aluminum-oxo polycations are effective coagulating agents for wastewater
treatment. Previous work demonstrated that heteroatom substitution in Keggin-type ε-Al13 …