@article{
author = "Validžić, Ivana Lj. and Mitrić, Miodrag and Jokić, Bojan M. and Čomor, Mirjana",
year = "2012",
abstract = "We report on novel, low temperature synthesis of well crystallized hemimorphite zinc silicate Zn4Si2O7(OH)(2)(H2O) (ZSO) with flower-like morphology, via one-pot method that includes the assistance of a non-ionic block copolymer. The morphology of the synthesized ZSO powder was observed by SEM and FESEM. The structure of the ZSO sample was refined down to the R-factor of 8.6%. The refinement revealed the ZSO powder that belongs to the orthorhombic system with space group Imm2, and ZnO nanoparticles as a minor phase in the synthesized powder. The photoluminescence (PL) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) measurements demonstrated optical properties of the minor ZnO phase. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
journal = "Materials Letters",
title = "Structural and optical characterization of hemimorphite with flower-like morphology synthesized by a novel low-temperature method",
pages = "141-138",
volume = "85",
doi = "10.1016/j.matlet.2012.06.111"
}