Study of the aqueous Mnx+-citrate precursor and its application towards the synthesis of Ca3Mn2O7

Ellen Peeters is a PhD and Christopher De Dobbelaere a post-doctoral researcher of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). The authors would like to thank dr. Ken Elen for the XRD measurements, Gilles Bonneux for the SEM measurements and Giedrius Degutis for the Raman measurements.