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IN the rapidly developing area of advanced zeolite materials science, the development of novel optical, electronic and magnetic materials1–5 requires the synthesis of large single crystals of a well defined habit. Crystals of a specified size and shape are needed to fabricate membranes and sensor devices6,7. Large crystals of zeol-ites and molecular sieves are essential for refining structures and elucidating the intrinsic absorption and diffusion properties of these materials8,9. Here we present a method for growing uniformly large and morphologically well defined single crystals of all-silica, aluminosilicate and aluminophosphate molecular sieves with dimensions in the size range 0.4—5.0 mm. Our synthetic method relies on the use of a non-aqueous solvent, a mineralizer, an optional organic templating species and reagent amounts of water. We have prepared both large-pore and small-pore materials of various framework composition and structure type.
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Kuperman, A., Nadimi, S., Oliver, S. et al. Non-aqueous synthesis of giant crystals of zeolites and molecular sieves. Nature 365, 239–242 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/365239a0
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