“…[9][10][11] As with aluminophosphates, the extensive application of hydrothermal synthesis methods and the use of amine templating agents, often in non-aqueous solvents, has led to the recent preparation of several new phases with different structures: one-dimensional chains, [12][13][14] new layered compounds, 13,[15][16][17][18][19] and even open-framework 3-D solids. 17,18,20 In these new compounds, the introduction of fluorine atoms and/or other monodentate terminal groups into the zirconium coordination sphere enlarged the number of accessible structures. Unlike hydrothermal synthesis, in which high temperatures and pressures are used, the method of precipitation of zirconium phosphates by thermal decomposition of zirconium fluorocomplexes (HF method), traditionally used for the preparation of a-and c-ZrP, and their organic derivatives, is carried out using mild conditions and low temperatures.…”