Pure brookite TiO(2) nanoflowers consisting of single crystalline nanorods were synthesized for the first time using a facile one-step hydrothermal process.

In this study, carbon nano-micro spheres with tightly controllable size, regularand perfect shape, high yields and narrow size distribution were prepared simply fromglucose and DI water as precursors using a hydrothermal method. By setting the initialconcentration of glucose solution and changing the hydrothermal process time at aconstant temperature of 160 °C, carbon spheres with various sizes...

Hydrothermal formation reaction of tobermorite in the autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) process has been investigated by in-situ X-ray diffraction. High-energy X-rays from a synchrotron radiation source in combination with a newly developed autoclave cell and a photon-counting pixel array detector were used. XRD measurements were conducted in a temperature range of 100–190 °C throughout 12 h of...

Abiotic nitrogen reduction (ANR) in hydrothermal systems has been long considered as the most likely mechanism to transform N2, the dominant N species on the pre-life Earth’s surface, into NH4+, an essential compound for abiotic synthesis of large organic molecules facilitating the emergence of life in the early oceans [1]. Mineral-induced ANR process has been demonstrated by laboratory experim...

An in situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction (XRD) system for hydrothermal reaction has been developed in order to investigate the phase evolution during autoclave process in autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) formation. The system includes a novel autoclave cell for transmission XRD with thin beryllium windows, a two-dimensional photon-counting pixel array detector, and uses high energy X-rays fr...