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Slow release realized in 40 min? Assembly of lanthanide hydroxycarbonates and oxycarbonates based on multiple irradiations

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It has been well documented that urea would be slowly hydrolyzed to produce OH− and the reaction equilibrium requires relatively long times. Sometimes the samples have been achieved under high temperature (such as hydrothermal method). Here we describe systematic preparation of lanthanide hydroxycarbonate series through a facile and effective route (supersonic and microwave co-assistance) at 80 °C in less than 40 min. Product formation can be observed directly by the naked eye. Synthetic conditions were identical for all tested lanthanide elements, and corresponding nano- or micro-scale materials with different structures were obtained. A three-stage-effect was observed in crystalline phases and morphologies. More importantly, the intensive red and green emissions from europium and terbium oxycarbonates, respectively, were observed under relatively long wavelength excitations (365 or 394 nm).

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of South China Normal University. Q. M. appreciates support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21371063) and excellent university young scholar fund of Guangdong Province (Yq2013053) and Science and Technology Project in Guangzhou (2014J4100054).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Qianming Wang

  2. School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Jintai Lin, Yuhui Zheng & Qianming Wang

  3. Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

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Lin, J., Zheng, Y. & Wang, Q. Slow release realized in 40 min? Assembly of lanthanide hydroxycarbonates and oxycarbonates based on multiple irradiations. J Nanopart Res 16, 2552 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2552-6

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