@article {Wang:2012:1533-4880:1919,
title = "Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline MgO Nanopowders via a Modified Chemical-Precipitation Process",
journal = "Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asp/jnn",
publishercode ="asp",
year = "2012",
volume = "12",
number = "3",
publication date ="2012-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1919-1923",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1533-4880",
eissn = "1533-4899",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn/2012/00000012/00000003/art00026",
doi = "doi:10.1166/jnn.2012.5669",
author = "Wang, Wei and Qiao, Xueliang and Zhang, Aiqing and Chen, Jianguo and Tan, Fatang",
abstract = "A modified chemical-precipitation method is proposed to synthesize MgO nanopowders with high crystallinity at a low temperature of 400 \textdegreeC using acetic acid as a modifier. The as-obtained intermediates and final products were investigated by Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy,
ther-mogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. The influence of acetic acid in the MgO preparation process was also investigated by a comparison of the samples without acetic acid, and the mechanism of acetic acid modification is also proposed.
The carboxyl group of acetic acid could coordinate with Mg atom in a monodentate mode to form a new organic ligand intermediate Mg(OH)(OCOCH3), which facilitates the thermal decomposition of the intermediate at low temperature and enhances the crystallization of MgO.",
}