A Surfactant-Free, Precursor-Induced Method to Flower-Like ZnO Nanostructures

Title: A Surfactant-Free, Precursor-Induced Method to Flower-Like ZnO Nanostructures

Volume: 5 Issue: 4

Author(s): Lin Kong, Jia-Xiang Yang, Hong-Ping Zhou, Yu-Peng Tian, Jie-Ying Wu and Bao-Kang Jin

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Keywords: Flowerlike ZnO Nanostructure, Precursor, Optical Property

Abstract: Flower-like ZnO nanostructures had been successfully synthesized by solvothermal treatment of a precursor 4,5-diphenyloxazole- 2-propanoic acid-zinc (abbreviated as oxaprozin-Zn) complex without using any surfactants. The influence of basicity, temperature, and reaction time on the formation of such structures was investigated. Room-temperature photoluminescence spectrum of welldefined uniform ZnO nanoflowers was investigated. The results indicated that the choice of a precursor could have significant influence on the growth of ZnO nanostructures. This type of complex could be used to prepare other oxdinations with special morphology, suah as CdO and CuO.

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Kong Lin, Yang Jia-Xiang, Zhou Hong-Ping, Tian Yu-Peng, Wu Jie-Ying and Jin Bao-Kang, A Surfactant-Free, Precursor-Induced Method to Flower-Like ZnO Nanostructures, Current Nanoscience 2009; 5 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341309789378113