Growth mechanism of octahedron-like BaMoO4 microcrystals processed in microwave-hydrothermal: Experimental observations and computational modeling |
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Authors: | Lacio Santos Cavalcante Júlio Csar Sczancoski Rircado Luis Tranquilin Jos Arana Varela Elson Longo Marcelo Ornaghi Orlandi |
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Institution: | aDepartamento de Química, UFSCar, P.O. Box 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil;bInstituto de Química-UNESP, P.O. Box 355, 14801-907, Araraquara, SP, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Octahedron-like BaMoO4 microcrystals were synthesized by the co-precipitation method at room temperature and processed in microwave-hydrothermal at 413 K for different times (from 30 min to 5 h). These microcrystals were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRD patterns showed that this material presents a tetragonal structure without the presence of deleterious phases. FEG-SEM and TEM micrographs revealed that the BaMoO4 microcrystals present an octahedron-like morphology with agglomerate nature and polydisperse particle size distribution. These micrographs also indicated that the microcrystals grow along the 0 0 1] direction. The observed crystallographic planes in these structures were modeled computationally and a crystal growth model was proposed in order to explain the morphological changes as a function of processing time. |
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Keywords: | BaMoO4 Growth process Microwave-hydrothermal Supersaturated solution |
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