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EFFECTS OF TOLUENE ON GEL STRUCTURE AND GEL CHEMISTRY" CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON, US, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2002 (2002-01), pages 362-368, XP001092673 ISSN: 0897-4756 cited in the application;  GREEN J: "Review Calcination of precipitated Mg(OH2) to active MgO in the production of refractory and chemical grade Mgo" JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHAPMAN AND HALL LTD, GB, vol. 18, no. 3, March 1983 (1983-03), pages 637-651, XP009072920 ISSN: 0022-2461 cited in the application;  S. UTANAPANYA ET AL.: "Nanoscale metal oxide particles/clusters as chemical reagents. Synthesis and properties of ultrahigh surface area magnesium hydroxide and magnesium oxide" CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 3, 1991, pages 175-181, XP002449629 cited in the application;  S. UTANAPANYA ET AL.: "Nanoscale metal oxide particlesclusters as chemical reagents. Synthesis and properties of ultrahigh surface area magnesium hydroxide and magnesium oxide" CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 3, 1991, pages 175-181, XP002449629 cited in the application;  K. ZHU ET AL.: "Efficient preparation and catalytic acitivity of MgO(111) nanosheets" ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 45, no. 43, 2006, pages 7277-7281, XP002449630WO2007093415-A3  K.T. RANJIT ET AL.: "Solvent effect in the hydrolysis of magnesium methoxide, and the production of nancrystalline magnesium hydroxide." CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 17, 2005, pages 65-73, XP002449628;  B.M. CHOUDARY ET AL.: "Bifunctional nanocrystalline MgO for Chiral Eopy Ketones via Claisen-Schmidt condensation-asymmetric epoxidation reactions" JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 204, no. 126, 2004, pages 3396-3397, XP002449627 cited in the application;  DIAO Y ET AL: "HYDROLYSIS OF MAGNESIUM METHOXIDE. EFFECTS OF TOLUENE ON GEL STRUCTURE AND GEL CHEMISTRY" CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON, US, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2002 (2002-01), pages 362-368, XP001092673 ISSN: 0897-4756 cited in the application;  S. UTANAPANYA ET AL.: "Nanoscale metal oxide particles/clusters as chemical reagents. Synthesis and properties of ultrahigh surface area magnesium hydroxide and magnesium oxide" CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 3, 1991, pages 175-181, XP002449629 cited in the application;  GREEN J: "Review Calcination of precipitated Mg(OH2) to active MgO in the production of refractory and chemical grade Mgo" JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHAPMAN AND HALL LTD, GB, vol. 18, no. 3, March 1983 (1983-03), pages 637-651, XP009072920 ISSN: 0022-2461 cited in the application;  DING ET AL: "Template-induced morphological preservation and self-assembly of nonporous MgO nanostructures during the decomposition of nanoscale Mg(OH)2 precursors" MATERIALS LETTERS, NORTH HOLLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 60, no. 9-10, May 2006 (2006-05), pages 1233-1237, XP005276799 ISSN: 0167-577X;  K. ZHU ET AL.: "Efficient preparation and catalytic acitivity of MgO(111) nanosheets" ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 45, no. 43, 2006, pages 7277-7281, XP002449630;  K.T. RANJIT ET AL.: "Solvent effect in the hydrolysis of magnesium methoxide, and the production of nancrystalline magnesium hydroxide.", CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 17, 2005, pages 65 - 73, XP002449628;  B.M. CHOUDARY ET AL.: "Bifunctional nanocrystalline MgO for Chiral Eopy Ketones via Claisen-Schmidt condensation-asymmetric epoxidation reactions", JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 204, no. 126, 2004, pages 3396 - 3397, XP002449627;  DIAO Y ET AL: "HYDROLYSIS OF MAGNESIUM METHOXIDE. EFFECTS OF TOLUENE ON GEL STRUCTURE AND GEL CHEMISTRY", CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON, US, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2002 (2002-01-01), pages 362 - 368, XP001092673, ISSN: 0897-4756;  S. UTANAPANYA ET AL.: "Nanoscale metal oxide particles/clusters as chemical reagents. Synthesis and properties of ultrahigh surface area magnesium hydroxide and magnesium oxide", CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 3, 1991, pages 175 - 181, XP002449629;  GREEN J: "Review Calcination of precipitated Mg(OH2) to active MgO in the production of refractory and chemical grade Mgo", JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHAPMAN AND HALL LTD, GB, vol. 18, no. 3, March 1983 (1983-03-01), pages 637 - 651, XP009072920, ISSN: 0022-2461;  DING ET AL: "Template-induced morphological preservation and self-assembly of nonporous MgO nanostructures during the decomposition of nanoscale Mg(OH)2 precursors", MATERIALS LETTERS, NORTH HOLLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 60, no. 9-10, May 2006 (2006-05-01), pages 1233 - 1237, XP005276799, ISSN: 0167-577X;  K. ZHU ET AL.: "Efficient preparation and catalytic acitivity of MgO(111) nanosheets", ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 45, no. 43, 2006, pages 7277 - 7281, XP002449630;  K.T. RANJIT ET AL.: "Solvent effect in the hydrolysis of magnesium methoxide, and the production of nancrystalline magnesium hydroxide.", CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 17, 2005, pages 65 - 73, XP002449628,relevantClaims[1-5],relevantPassages[&lt;table&gt;1&lt;/table&gt;];  B.M. CHOUDARY ET AL.: "Bifunctional nanocrystalline MgO for Chiral Eopy Ketones via Claisen-Schmidt condensation-asymmetric epoxidation reactions", JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 204, no. 126, 2004, pages 3396 - 3397, XP002449627,relevantClaims[18,19],relevantPassages[&lt;pp&gt;3397&lt;/pp&gt;&lt;line&gt;3&lt;/line&gt;&lt;linel&gt;8&lt;/linel&gt;];  DIAO Y ET AL: "HYDROLYSIS OF MAGNESIUM METHOXIDE. EFFECTS OF TOLUENE ON GEL STRUCTURE AND GEL CHEMISTRY", CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON, US, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2002 (2002-01-01), pages 362 - 368, XP001092673, ISSN: 0897-4756,relevantClaims[1-19],relevantPassages[&lt;pp&gt;W&lt;/pp&gt;];  S. UTANAPANYA ET AL.: "Nanoscale metal oxide particles/clusters as chemical reagents. Synthesis and properties of ultrahigh surface area magnesium hydroxide and magnesium oxide", CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 3, 1991, pages 175 - 181, XP002449629,relevantClaims[1-19],relevantPassages[&lt;pp&gt;W&lt;/pp&gt;];  GREEN J: "Review Calcination of precipitated Mg(OH2) to active MgO in the production of refractory and chemical grade Mgo", JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHAPMAN AND HALL LTD, GB, vol. 18, no. 3, March 1983 (1983-03-01), pages 637 - 651, XP009072920, ISSN: 0022-2461,relevantClaims[6-11],relevantPassages[&lt;pp&gt;641&lt;/pp&gt;&lt;column&gt;L&lt;/column&gt;&lt;figure&gt;2,3&lt;/figure&gt;];  DING ET AL: "Template-induced morphological preservation and self-assembly of nonporous MgO nanostructures during the decomposition of nanoscale Mg(OH)2 precursors", MATERIALS LETTERS, NORTH HOLLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 60, no. 9-10, May 2006 (2006-05-01), pages 1233 - 1237, XP005276799, ISSN: 0167-577X,relevantClaims[8-11],relevantPassages[&lt;figure&gt;3&lt;/figure&gt;];  K. ZHU ET AL.: "Efficient preparation and catalytic acitivity of MgO(111) nanosheets", ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 45, no. 43, 2006, pages 7277 - 7281, XP002449630,relevantClaims[1-19],relevantPassages[&lt;pp&gt;W&lt;/pp&gt;]