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are provided. Fluorophosphates complexes were observed, and several species containing fluorides and phosphates were identified. These species are representatives of the primary building units during hydrothermal synthesis of nanoporous and mesoporous materials.

A compact apparatus employing heating with concentrated light was designed for desktop laboratory application to run syntheses in the range 200-850 uC in short times under a satisfying control of the temperature, heating ramps, and adjustable chemical environments. The device is composed of 4 halogen lamps oriented to a centre point and allows fast heating rates up to 100 K min 21 of medium size scale samples (volume , 7 mL). This method can be proven to be more energetically efficient and allows for better temperature control over standard furnace methods. Herein we exemplify with a typical high temperature synthesis of non-oxide ceramic (vanadium nitride) nanoparticles. These nanoparticles can be obtained in different sizes and crystallinity ranges by varying the reaction conditions, following the urea glass route and applying the non-classical rapid heating method. Nanoparticles containing both carbon and nitrogen and showing the typical crystal structure of VN were obtained with sizes below 10 nm within a short reaction time (5 min at 750 uC) and in a fast heating procedure (50 K min 21 ). Moreover, quasiquenching of samples through a fast cooling procedure allows the detection of various intermediate oxide species that otherwise were not observed.

A flexible, sustainable, one-step thermal decomposition route for the synthesis of hierarchical, heteroatom doped carbon foams is presented. Task-specific semi-organic crystals combine functions for three different purposes: the carbon and heteroatom source, a foaming agent (CO₂) and an in situ generable template (NaCl). Insights to the decomposition pathway were gained through FTIR/MS coupled TGA and an ultrafast out-of-furnace heating procedure and the products were analysed with (HR)SEM/TEM, EELS, FTIR, and N₂ sorption. The resulting macroporous carbon foams are excellent supports for metallic nanoparticles due to their hierarchical structure, high surface area and tuneable heteroatom contents. This was demonstrated for catalytically active copper or the magnetic CoNi alloy for water purification

Fluorophosphate complexes are observed, and several species containing fluorides and phosphates are identified. These species are representatives of the primary building units during hydrothermal synthesis of nanoporous and mesoporous materials. -(SERRE*, C.; CORBIERE, T.; LORENTZ, C.; TAULELLE, F.; FEREY, G.; Chem.