Sonochemical syntheses of a new fibrous-like nano-scale strontium(II) 3D coordination polymer; precursor for the fabrication of a strontium carbonate nanostructure

Nanostructures of a new 3D Sr(II) coordination polymer, {[Sr(H2IDC)2(H2O)]·(H2O)}n (1) (H3IDC=4,5-imidazoledicarboxylic acid), have been synthesized by a sonochemical process and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction and FT-IR spectroscopy. SrCO3 nanostructures were simply synthesized by the solid-state transformation of compound 1 at 500°C under an air atmosphere.