@article { ISI:000245760900020,
	title = {Low temperature route to prepare LaFeO3 and LaCoO3},
	journal = {Materials Letters},
	volume = {61},
	number = {10},
	year = {2007},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {2030-2032},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>A combination of digestion and further low temperature calcination to crystallize the product was employed to prepare LaFeO3 (LF) and LaCoO3 (LC) powders. Freshly co-precipitated lanthanum and ferric (or cobalt) hydroxide gels by sodium hydroxide were allowed to react at 100 degrees C under refluxing and stirring conditions for 4-6 h. These oven dried powders were heated at 450 degrees C to from crystalline LF (or LC) powders. The phase contents and lattice parameters were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Transmission electron microscope (TEM) investigations were carried out to examine the morphology and average particle size of these powders. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Chemical synthesis, LaFeO3, Precipitation, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction},
	issn = {0167-577X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matlet.2006.08.009},
	author = {Jadhav, A. D. and Gaikwad, A. B. and Samuel, V. and Ravi, V.}
}
@article { ISI:000254820000016,
	title = {La0.67Ce0.03Sr0.3MnO3-coupled microwave assisted ultra-fast synthesis of nanocrystalline cobalt oxide and Bismuth oxide},
	journal = {Materials Letters},
	volume = {62},
	number = {10-11},
	year = {2008},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {1511-1513},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Bismuth hydroxide and Cobalt hydroxide gels were freshly prepared by adding aqueous sodium hydroxide to their corresponding nitrates under basic conditions. Then they were oven dried at 373 K and found to be amorphous in X-ray diffraction (XRD) study. They crystallized into their respective oxides by microwave irradiation (2.45 GHz) in merely 2 min using La0.67Ce0.03Sr0.3MnO3 (LCSMO) as couplant in a microwave domestic oven (similar to 100 W). This is the lowest temperature treatment and synthesis time so far reported in the literature for the formation of these systems. Formation of nanocrystallites of Bi2O3 (10 nm) and Co3O4 (15 nm) has been confirmed by XRD. Normally these hydroxides produce oxides only on heating at temperature \&gt;673 K or digesting them at 373 K for 4 - 6 hours as reported by us earlier. Microwave assisted heating proves to be a novel technology whose applications can be carefully harnessed due to its unique effects compared to the conventional heating, such as rapid volumetric heating, shortened reaction time and energy saving. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Citrate gel method, Manganites, Microwave, Oxides},
	issn = {0167-577X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matlet.2007.09.013},
	author = {Rajagopal, Rajashree and Mona, J. and Joshi, Rakesh S. and Kale, Sangeeta N. and Pradhan, Sivararn and Gaikwad, A. B. and Ravi, V.}
}
