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Abstract: Micro- and nanotubes of an amorphous carbon nitride material were synthesized by metathesis reactions between cyanuric chloride (C3N3Cl3) and different nitrogen sources, such as Li2(CN2) or Li3(BN2). The intermediate formation of needle-shaped crystals of N(C3N3Cl2)3 was always observed in our reactions, and investigated with respect to their role as a template in the formation of tubes. Chemical analyses of the micro- and nanotubes reveal carbon to nitrogen ratios near 3:4, consistent with the suspected material C3N4. Synthesized carbon nitride materials were thermally stable up to 600 ∘C in inert atmosphere. They were inspected by a number of physical measurements, mainly using TEM, EDX and IR investigations. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Aqueous sol–gel chemistry routes based on ammonium–hydrogen phosphate as the phosphorus precursor and calcium acetate monohydrate as source of calcium ions have been developed to prepare calcium hydroxyapatite samples with different morphological properties. In the sol–gel processes, an aqueous solutions of ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) or tartaric acid (TA) as complexing agents were added to the reaction mixture. The monophasic Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 samples were obtained by calcination of precursor gels for 5h at 1000°C. The phase transformations, composition and micro-structural features in the polycrystalline samples were studied by thermoanalytical methods (TGA/DTA), infrared spectroscopy (IR), X-ray powder diffraction analysis (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was shown that adjusting the nature of complexing agent in the aqueous sol–gel processing can be used to control the morphology of the ceramic samples. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]