Tin (Sn) nanoparticles: novel synthesis by exploding wire technique and crystalline, optical properties

Ekta; Navendu Goswami

doi:10.1515/ijmr-2024-0035

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Tin (Sn) nanoparticles: novel synthesis by exploding wire technique and crystalline, optical properties

Ekta und Navendu Goswami

Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 6. Mai 2025

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Aus der Zeitschrift International Journal of Materials Research Band 116 Heft 5

Abstract

In this paper, we report a novel method, namely the exploding wire technique, to synthesize tin nanoparticles, utilizing tin wire and plate. The prepared colloidal suspension of silvery-black colour, was centrifuged. The nanoparticles collected after centrifugation were collected, dried and subjected to further grinding to finally obtain the powder nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals tetragonal crystal structure of Sn nanoparticles having lattice parameters a = b = 5.8238 Å and c = 3.1806 Å. The crystallite sizes within the 35–69 nm range were determined through the Debye–Scherrer relation and Williamson–Hall analysis. However, much smaller size Sn nanoparticles of 5–16 nm were observed through field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and elemental mapping analyses. The crystal volume and strain were calculated and differential scanning calorimetry measurements determined the reduced value of melting temperature for prepared Sn nanoparticles. The optical processes occurring in prepared nanoparticles were probed with the help of ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopies. Furthermore, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic studies could identify the functional groups/bondings present in the prepared nanoparticles.

Keywords: EWT (exploding wire technique); XRD (X-ray diffraction); Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Electron microscopy (FESEM); Band structure

Corresponding author: Navendu Goswami, Department of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A-10, Sector-62, Noida, 201309, India, E-mail: navendu.goswami@jiit.ac.in

Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to ANRF erstwhile SERB-DST India for kindly supporting this research with a Core Research Grant (File number: CRG/2021/006804). The authors thank the Central instrumentation facility of JIIT Noida for extending their cooperation for DSC characterizations.

Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
Research funding: This study was financially supported by ANRF erstwhile SERB-DST India through a Core Research Grant (File number: CRG/2021/006804).
Data availability: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [NG], upon reasonable request.

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Received: 2024-01-29

Accepted: 2024-08-14

Published Online: 2025-05-06

Published in Print: 2025-05-26

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EWT (exploding wire technique); XRD (X-ray diffraction); Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Electron microscopy (FESEM); Band structure