Sonochemical Synthesis of Nanostructured ZnO/Ag Composites in an Ionic Liquid
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Hala K. Farag
Abstract
In the present paper we show that nanocrystalline ZnO/Ag composites can be obtained via an ultrasonic-assisted approach in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethylsulfonate. Different techniques including, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis) were utilized to characterize the synthesized materials. The XRD results revealed the formation of ZnO wurtzite structure along with metallic Ag in the ZnO/Ag composite. The particle size was estimated from the XRD results to be about 35 nm. The UV spectrum of ZnO/Ag showed the characteristic absorption band of wurtzite crystal structure of ZnO, and the presence of Ag in the ZnO/Ag composite led to a slight red shift. The employed ionic liquid acts as a template leading to the formation of nanoparticles of ZnO and of ZnO/Ag.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Prof. Dr. Frank Endres, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany, for the support with ionic liquid samples. The support of the Visiting Professor Program at KSU is gratefully acknowledged.
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- Frontmatter
- Spectroscopic, Quantum Chemical, Physical and Antioxidant Studies on 2-Amino 4-Picolinium 4-Nitrobenzoate – An Organic Crystal for Nonlinear Optical and Biological Applications
- Density Functional Theory Calculations, Spectroscopic (FT-IR, FT-RAMAN), Frontier Molecular Orbital, Molecular Electrostatic Potential Analysis of 5-Fluoro-2-Methylbenzaldehyde
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- Solvation of Some Tetraalkylammonium Salts Investigated Conductometrically and Viscometrically in Binary Mixtures of Acetonitrile + Methanol at 298.15 K
- Volumetric, Ultrasonic and Viscometric Studies of Aspirin in the Presence of 1-Octyl-3-Methylimidazolium Bromide Ionic Liquid in Acetonitrile Solutions at T=(288.15–318.15) K
