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A simplistic method to direct the self-assembly of ZnO nanorods on flat and curved surfaces in hydrothermal synthesis by precoating the substrate with a thin film of aluminum (Al) is reported. The Al is transformed into hydrotalcite-like zinc-aluminum carbonates sheets in the alkali hydrothermal environment that promote a lattice-matched substrate for the growth of highly oriented ZnO nanorods.

The thermodynamic properties of Al are calculated for two nonpairwise-additive potentials by using Monte Carlo simulations. The results have shown that the melting point for the embedded-atom model is higher than the experimental value and the embedded-atom (EAM) potential has yielded improved binding energies for smaller clusters, a small fraction of aggregates in the saturated vapor phase, and hence an accurate heat of vaporization and boiling point.

Steaming at high partial pressure generates an Al MAS NMR spectrum that does not show the sharp line due to the octahedrally coordinated framework-related Al-OH. Application of a multinuclear NMR approach shows the presence of framework-related Al-OH groups in steamed zeolite Y samples.

The application of the (super 27)AI multiple-quantum magic angle spinning (MQMAS)NMR experiment to the study of aluminum methylphosphonates is defended. Demonstration of the excellent resolution that can be achieved with a five-quantum version of the experiment and the conclusion that the NMR results on a sample where the thermal transformation from the beta to the alpha polymorph was interrupted before completion do not appear to support the proposition of a topotactic reconstructive transformation is reiterated.

A versatile low-temperature chemical approach utilixing an alkoxide-based hydrazide process was developed for the synthesis of nanometer-size aluminum nitride, oxynitride, and composite powders. This versatile chemical processing strategy developed can also be used to synthesize nanocrystalline nitride and oxynitride of oxophilic elements such as Al.

A study of the local environment of Al atoms in Kaolinite, gibbsite and their mechanochemically treated mixtures by using (super 27)Al NMR spectroscopy to investigate the newly formed chemical species. The mixtures of the clay mineral kaolinite with gibbsite when heated form mullite, a high temperature ceramic.