Facile synthesis of monodisperse ZnO nanocrystals by direct liquid phase precipitation

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Lan
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Justin D.
dc.contributor.authorRamírez-García, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Michael A.
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-20T13:32:33Z
dc.date.available2016-04-20T13:32:33Z
dc.date.issued2011-01
dc.date.updated2013-03-07T21:22:57Z
dc.description.abstractZnO nanocrystals can be synthesized by a variety of methods. Among them, only a few nonhydrolytic methods have been successful at low synthesis temperatures in terms of size, crystallinity, morphology and surface-defect control. These methods require very careful control of conditions and carefully engineered precursors. A new methodology—direct liquid phase precipitation—is reported here that can produce nanocrystals (NCs) which are a little difficult to obtain for these complex synthesis techniques in a more facile and efficient way (i.e., at room temperature). This technique results in high quality ZnO nanocrystals of diameter 5–12 nm and different morphologies. Characterisation of ZnO products shows that both synthesis and ageing conditions have significant effects on the formation of the nanocrystals. Capping agents and ageing temperature/time can be used to control both size and crystallinity of the products. The use of in situ or ex situ ageing conditions can result in different particle morphologies. Both in situ and ex situ ageing shows that mild ageing conditions (e.g., 60– and 24–48 hours) are required to produce the highest quality nanomaterials.en
dc.description.sponsorshipScience Foundation of Ireland (SFI BIONANOINTERACT Strategic Research Cluster Grant 07/SRC/B1155)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid853832
dc.identifier.citationCHEN, L., HOLMES, J. D., RAMIREZ-GARCIA, S. & MORRIS, A. A. 2011. Facile Synthesis of Monodisperse ZnO Nanocrystals by Direct Liquid Phase Precipitation. Journal of Nanomaterials. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/853832en
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2011/853832
dc.identifier.endpage853832(9)en
dc.identifier.issn1687-4110
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Nanomaterialsen
dc.identifier.startpage853832(1)en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2464
dc.identifier.volume2011en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/
dc.rights© 2011 Lan Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectNanocrystalsen
dc.subjectZinc oxideen
dc.subjectMorphologyen
dc.subjectLiquidsen
dc.subjectSynthesis techniquesen
dc.subjectSynthesis temperaturesen
dc.subjectParticle morphologiesen
dc.subjectAgeing conditionsen
dc.subjectCapping agenten
dc.subjectCrystallinitiesen
dc.subjectLiquid phase precipitationen
dc.subjectMonodisperseen
dc.subjectNano-materialsen
dc.subjectZnOen
dc.subjectZnO nanocrystalen
dc.titleFacile synthesis of monodisperse ZnO nanocrystals by direct liquid phase precipitationen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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