A method for making an iron-based oxide magnetic powder includes adding raw material solution containing trivalent iron ions, or trivalent iron ions and ions of a metal element that partially substitutes Fe sites, and an alkaline aqueous solution for neutralizing the raw material solution to a reaction system to adjust the pH of the reaction system to 1.0 or higher and 3.0 or lower. Hydroxycarboxylic acid is added to the obtained reaction solution and thereafter the pH of the reaction system is neutralized to 7.0 or higher and 10.0 or lower. The obtained precipitate of a substituent metal element-containing iron oxyhydroxide is coated with silicon oxide and then heated, whereby an iron-based oxide magnetic powder is obtained with a reduced content of fine and coarse particles, a particle shape close to a perfect sphere, and particles of ε-iron oxide in which Fe sites are partially substituted by other metal elements.

A method for producing polygonic Zn oxide platelets having a median specific surface area of more than 25 square meters per gram, in controlled size and morphology, the method comprising: preparing a medium including Zn or its compounds at a concentration within the range between 1.55 and 7.75 moles of Zn/L, in a medium suitable to substitute Zn ions by releasing free protons thereby forming a complex structure including Zn; agitation of the medium in a vessel at a temperature within the range between 50 and 320° for a duration up to 10 hours to obtain a suspension; filtering the suspension to obtain a filtrate including solid particles; drying and then calcination of the dried filtrate; wherein the agitation is performed with one or more radial flow impellers so that the Reynolds' number in the vessel is higher than 2500 and lower than 10000.

Vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, substrates including the vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, and related methods of making vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix are described.

To provide hollow silica particles having a dense silica shell layer. A method for producing hollow silica particles, which comprises: adjusting the pH of an oil-in-water emulsion containing an aqueous phase, an oil phase and a surfactant to at most 3.0 and adding a first silica material to the oil-in-water emulsion, adding a second silica material to the emulsion having the first silica material added, at its pH of at least 8, in the presence of alkali metal ions, to obtain a hollow silica precursor dispersion, and obtaining a hollow silica precursor from the hollow silica precursor dispersion and obtaining hollow silica particles from the hollow silica precursor.

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a platinum atom. The platinum atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the platinum atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a titanium atom. The titanium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the titanium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to a nitrogen atom of a secondary amine functional group comprising a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom. The organometallic moieties may comprise a hafnium atom that is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the secondary amine functional group. The nitrogen atom of the secondary amine function group may bridge the hafnium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

Carbon nanostructures are synthesized from a feedstock that includes polyethylene terephthalate. In a first furnace, the feedstock that includes polyethylene terephthalate and calcium oxide (CaO) or calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH).sub.2) are pyrolyzed to obtain one or more gaseous decomposition products. The gaseous decomposition productions are optionally filtered to remove any solid particles. The one or more gaseous decomposition products are passed across a stainless steel substrate in a second furnace to form the carbon nanostructures.

A hollow spherical cerium dioxide nanomaterial, preparation method and application thereof; wherein the preparation method uses glucose as a carbon source, urea as a precipitant, cerium trichloride as a cerium source, and water as a solvent to prepare a cerium dioxide/carbon composite material by a hydrothermal method, and then, a hollow spherical cerium dioxide nanomaterial with a multi-shell layer structure is obtained by calcination in a muffle furnace. By adjusting the amount of urea and the calcination temperature, a number of shell layers of the material can be adjusted. Moreover, in the nanomaterial, the number of shell layers can be adjusted, large spacing exists between shell layers, specific surface area can be increased, wherein contact area of the material with an electrolyte increases, but also structural collapse caused by a volume expansion of an electrode material during charging and discharging can be alleviated, and the electrochemical performance is effectively improved.

An aluminum oxide article containing at least aluminum atoms and oxygen atoms is described. When observed under a transmission electron microscope, a cross section of the aluminum oxide article contains crystallized parts, in which a crystal lattice image is recognizable, and a non-crystallized part, in which no crystal lattice image is recognizable, and has an island-and-sea structure consisting of isolated parts containing the crystallized parts and the continuous non-crystallized part. The isolated parts correspond to island parts in the island-and-sea structure, the continuous non-crystallized part corresponds to a sea part, and a plurality of the island parts are uniformly distributed in the sea part. An aluminum oxide for improving the battery performance of a lithium ion secondary battery, the scratch resistance and hardness of a cured film, and the gas barrier properties of a gas barrier film is provided.