In this paper, hierarchical Ag-decorated SnO2 microspheres were synthesized by a facile one-pot hydrothermal method. The resulting composites were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, BET, and FTIR analysis. The catalytic performances of the samples were evaluated with the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol by potassium borohydride (KBH4) as a model reaction. Time-dependent experiments...

The coexistence of two phylogenetically distinct symbiont species within a single cell, a condition not previously known in any metazoan, is demonstrated in the gills of a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent mussel (family Mytilidae). Large and small symbiont morphotypes within the gill bacteriocytes are shown to be separate bacterial species by molecular phylogenetic analysis and fluorescent ...

Continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal oxide nanoand microparticles in supercritical water was performed in a continuous flow reactor. The results of investigation of LiCoO2, LiNiO2, LiZnO2, LiCuO2, Ga2O3, CeO2 nanoparticles by HRTEM and XRD analysis were presented.

A novel and rapid and continuous hydrothermal route to the synthesis of extensive ultra-thin 2D sodium titanate (Na(2)Ti(3)O(7)) nano-sheets using a superheated water flow at 450 degrees C and 24.1 MPa as a crystallizing medium is described. High resolution electron microscopy of the sheets revealed that they were a few layers thick and largely uncurled, highly crystalline despite their very sh...

Vanadium peroxo-citrate complex was used for the first time for synthesis of YVO4:Eu red emission phosphor material by hydrothermal method. It was found that particles size can be efficiently controlled in the range of 60–400 nm by changing concentration of the solution utilized for the hydrothermal process. The nanocrystalline powders of YVO4:Eu prepared at 200°C for 2 h with post-synthesis he...

Two mesostructured MCM-41 silicas that differ dramatically in hydrothermal stability have been examined by (29)Si MAS NMR spectroscopy and pair distribution function (PDF) analysis of synchrotron X-ray scattering data. The less stable mesostructure assembled from sodium silicate and the substantially more stable derivative made from fumed silica possess equivalent local framework wall structure...

The origin of life is still an unsolved mystery in science. Hypothetically, prebiotic chemistry and the formation of protocells may have evolved in the hydrothermal environment of tectonic fault zones in the upper continental crust, an environment where sensitive molecules are protected against degradation induced e.g. by UV radiation. The composition of fluid inclusions in minerals such as qua...