Title :
Synthesis and characterization of Zinc Oxide nanorods
Author :
Ramachandran, D. ; Brijitta, J. ; Raj, N. Nixon ; Jayanthi, V. ; Rabel, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Nanosci. & Nanotechnol., Sathyabama Univ., Chennai, India
Abstract :
In this paper we report a simple and versatile wet chemical route to synthesize bulk amounts of high quality Zinc Oxide nanorods. The purified nanorods have been characterized for its size and shape using FESEM, optical properties using UV-Visible spectrophotometer and crystal structure using XRD. The length and width of the nanorods are 311 ± 68 nm, 39 ± 10 nm respectively. The UV-Visible absorption spectrum shows an absorption peak at 370 nm due to Zinc Oxide nanorods. XRD analysis revealed hexagonal Wurtzite structure of the Zinc Oxide nanorods with crystallite size being 29.3 nm.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; X-ray diffraction; crystallites; field emission electron microscopy; nanofabrication; nanorods; scanning electron microscopy; semiconductor growth; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; FESEM; UV-visible absorption spectrum; UV-visible spectrophotometer; XRD analysis; ZnO; absorption peak; crystal structure; crystallite size; hexagonal wurtzite structure; nanorod length; nanorod shape; nanorod size; nanorod width; optical properties; purified nanorod characterization; versatile wet chemical route; wavelength 370 nm; zinc oxide nanorod synthesis; Absorption; Chemicals; Educational institutions; X-ray diffraction; X-ray scattering; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Nanomaterials and Emerging Engineering Technologies (ICANMEET), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1377-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICANMEET.2013.6609366
