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Smart urea ionic co-crystals with enhanced urease inhibition activity for improved nitrogen cycle management

Lucia Casali, Luca Mazzei, Oleksii Shemchuk, Kenneth Honer, Fabrizia Grepioni, Stefano Ciurli, Dario Braga, Jonas Baltrušaitis

Chemical Communications · 2018 · 61 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

A smart ionic co-crystal of urea with KCl and ZnCl2 has been obtained in two polymorphic modifications via mechanochemical and solution methods and proven to be a very efficient urease inhibitor while, simultaneously, able to provide soil nutrients to complement N supply.

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