Nearly monodisperse NaGdF(4) and GdF(3) nanowires/nanorods as well as GdBO(3) microplates/microflowers have been successfully prepared by a designed chemical conversion approach using Gd(OH)(3) nanowires/nanorods as precursors via a facile hydrothermal approach. The Gd(OH)(3) nanowires/nanorods precursors were prepared through a simple hydrothermal process, which then served as sacrificial temp...

The emission of methane and the higher hydrocarbons is observed in both mid-ocean ridge and subduction-related hydrothermal systems. It has been recently reported that methane emanating from an extensional ultramafichydrothermal system originates from the abiogenic reduction of (mantle) CO2 (1). The same process is also known to occur in subaerial subduction-related systems (2). These findings ...

The phase transition process from VO(2) (B) to VO(2) (A) was first observed through a mild hydrothermal approach, using hybrid density functional theory (DFT) calculations and crystallographic VO(2) topology analysis. All theoretical analyses reveal that VO(2) (A) is a thermodynamically stable phase and has a lower formation energy compared with the metastable VO(2) (B). For the first time, X-r...

[1] Models of hydrothermal groundwater circulation can quantify limits to the role of hydrothermal activity in Martian crustal processes. We present here the results of numerical simulations of convection in a porous medium due to the presence of a hot intruded magma chamber. The parameter space includes magma chamber depth, volume, aspect ratio, and host rock permeability and porosity. A prima...

Anatase TiO2 nanoparticles with exposed {001} facets were synthesized from Ti powder via a sequential hydrothermal reaction process. At the first-step hydrothermal reaction, H-titanate nanowires were obtained in NaOH solution with Ti powder, and at second-step hydrothermal reaction, anatase TiO2 nanoparticles with exposed {001} facets were formed in NH4F solution. If the second-step hydrotherma...

Residual solid in excess sludge treated by hydrothermal reaction was investigated as raw material for its recycling. Treated excess sludge and residual solid were also focused on their content change during hydrothermal reaction. Two kinds of excess sludge, obtained from a local food factory and a municipal wastewater treatment process, were tested under various conditions. Following hydrotherm...

This paper presents a study of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) films hydrothermally grown on a dome-shaped titanium diaphragm. Few articles in the literature address the implementation of hydrothermal PZT films on curved-diaphragm substrates for resonators. In this study, a 50-μm-thick titanium sheet is embossed using balls of designed dimensions to shape a dome-shaped cavity array. Through singl...

Alvinellid polychaete worms form multilayered organic tubes in the hottest and most rapidly growing areas of deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys. Over short periods of time, these tubes can become entirely mineralized within this environment. Documenting the nature of this process in terms of the stages of mineralization, as well as the mineral textures and end products that result, is essentia...

We explore a facile and nontoxic hydrothermal route for synthesis of a Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystalline material by using l-cysteine as the sulfur source and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as the complexing agent. The effects of the amount of EDTA, the mole ratio of the three metal ions, and the hydrothermal temperature and time on the phase composition of the obtained product have been system...