{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6"],"submitter":["Anand C"],"pubmed_abstract":["Top-down approach has been viewed as an efficient and straightforward method to prepare nanosized zeolites. Yet, the mechanical breaking of zeolite causes amorphization, which usually requires a post-milling recrystallization to obtain fully crystalline nanoparticles. Herein we present a facile methodology to prepare zeolite nanocrystals, where milling and recrystallization can be performed in situ. A milling apparatus specially designed to work under conditions of high alkalinity and temperature enables the in situ recrystallization during milling. Taking zeolite A as an example, we demonstrate its size reduction from ~3 μm to 66 nm in 30 min, which is quite faster than previous methods reported. Three functions, viz., miniaturization, amorphization and recrystallization were found to tak"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["29210"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4932601"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Pioneering In Situ Recrystallization during Bead Milling: A Top-down Approach to Prepare Zeolite A Nanocrystals."],"pmcid":["PMC4932601"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu Z","Ishikawa T","Wakihara T","Anand C","Yamaguchi Y","Okubo T","Elangovan SP","Ibe S","Ishii T","Endo A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Pioneering In Situ Recrystallization during Bead Milling: A Top-down Approach to Prepare Zeolite A Nanocrystals.","description":"Top-down approach has been viewed as an efficient and straightforward method to prepare nanosized zeolites. Yet, the mechanical breaking of zeolite causes amorphization, which usually requires a post-milling recrystallization to obtain fully crystalline nanoparticles. Herein we present a facile methodology to prepare zeolite nanocrystals, where milling and recrystallization can be performed in situ. A milling apparatus specially designed to work under conditions of high alkalinity and temperature enables the in situ recrystallization during milling. Taking zeolite A as an example, we demonstrate its size reduction from ~3 μm to 66 nm in 30 min, which is quite faster than previous methods reported. Three functions, viz., miniaturization, amorphization and recrystallization were found to tak","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Jul","modification":"2026-05-05T15:07:00.539Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:17:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4932601","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27378145"],"doi":["10.1038/srep29210"]}}