TY - GEN
T1 - Surfactant-mediated synthesis of functional metal oxide nanostructures via microwave irradiation-assisted chemical synthesis
AU - Brahma, Sanjaya
AU - Shivashankar, S. A.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - In the present work we report a rapid microwave irradiation-assisted chemical synthesis technique for the growth of nanoparticles, nanorods, and nanotubes of a variety of metal oxides in the presence of an appropriate surfactant (cationic, anionic, non ionic and polymeric), without the use of any templates. The method is simple, inexpensive, and helps one to prepare nanostructures in quick time, measured in seconds and minutes. This method has been applied successfully to synthesize nanostructures of a variety of binary and ternary metal oxides such as ZnO, CdO, Fe2O3, CuO, Ga2O3, Gd2O3, ZnFe2O 4, etc. There is an observed variation in the morphology of the nanostructures with changes in different process parameters, such as microwave power, irradiation time, identity of solvent, type of surfactant, and its concentration.
AB - In the present work we report a rapid microwave irradiation-assisted chemical synthesis technique for the growth of nanoparticles, nanorods, and nanotubes of a variety of metal oxides in the presence of an appropriate surfactant (cationic, anionic, non ionic and polymeric), without the use of any templates. The method is simple, inexpensive, and helps one to prepare nanostructures in quick time, measured in seconds and minutes. This method has been applied successfully to synthesize nanostructures of a variety of binary and ternary metal oxides such as ZnO, CdO, Fe2O3, CuO, Ga2O3, Gd2O3, ZnFe2O 4, etc. There is an observed variation in the morphology of the nanostructures with changes in different process parameters, such as microwave power, irradiation time, identity of solvent, type of surfactant, and its concentration.
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U2 - 10.1557/proc-1174-v02-08
DO - 10.1557/proc-1174-v02-08
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:72749128049
SN - 9781605111476
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 75
EP - 80
BT - Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures
PB - Materials Research Society
T2 - 2009 MRS Spring Meeting: Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures
Y2 - 14 April 2009 through 17 April 2009
ER -