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Influence of alkaline mineralizer type on the characteristics of ZrO2 Nanoparticles

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Source : Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 13(6), 4409-4414, 2013

Url : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23862513/

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Physical Sciences

Year : 2013

Abstract : In this work, the influence of different alkaline mineralizers on structural and optical properties of zirconia nanoparticles synthesized by chemical co-precipitation technique using zirconium oxychloride octahydrate (ZrOCI2 x 8H2O) as precursor is studied. The mineralizers used for the synthesis of nanoparticles are NaOH and NH4OH. X-ray diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, UV-visible absorption spectroscopy and Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy were used for characterizing the nanoparticles. Structural analysis of the sample synthesized using NaOH shows monoclinic phase as predominant one, however when NH4OH is used the major phases are cubic and tetragonal. The difference is attributed to the number of hydroxyl ions produced and their rate of release during the reaction process. The presence of these phases in both samples is further confirmed by vibrational bands of FT-IR spectra. Also, the low energy bands due to the presence of defects in nanoparticles are also explicitly observed in the photoluminescence spectra. Further the defects lead to a red shift in the band gap of ZrO2 which is observed when the samples are subjected to UV-absorption spectroscopy analysis. It has been demonstrated that zirconia nanoparticles with desired structural properties can be synthesized by changing the type of mineralizer without the necessity of doping.

Cite this Research Publication : Uma Maheswari, A., S. Saravana Kumar, M. Sivakumar, Influence of alkaline mineralizer type on the characteristics of ZrO2 Nanoparticles, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 13(6), 4409-4414, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2013.7150, IF: 1.354.

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