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Synthesis and morphology of nanosized zeolite L
Author(s) -
Hassani S. Sadegh,
Salehirad F.,
Aghabozorg H. R.,
Sobat Z.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.200900450
Subject(s) - zeolite , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , crystallite , nanoscopic scale , crystallization , transmission electron microscopy , materials science , characterization (materials science) , chemical engineering , morphology (biology) , atomic force microscopy , crystal (programming language) , crystal structure , diffraction , crystallography , spectroscopy , nanotechnology , chemistry , catalysis , optics , organic chemistry , physics , programming language , quantum mechanics , biology , computer science , engineering , genetics
AFM is a powerful tool for imaging nanoscale surface features; it provides two and three dimensional crystal structure images and other information about actual surface of zeolite crystallites. In this paper, nanosized zeolite L is synthesized in different crystallization times and a study of crystal growth of zeolite L is reported using atomic force microscopy (AFM). X‐ray diffraction (XRD), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques are used for characterization of the as synthesized samples. TEM and two‐dimensional AFM images indicate that the zeolite particles are in a nano‐range and they have hexagonal structure. (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)