Artigo Revisado por pares

Synthesis and characterization of copper nanoparticles

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 61; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.matlet.2007.03.014

ISSN

1873-4979

Autores

Pawan K. Khanna, Sharad S. Gaikwad, Parag V. Adhyapak, Narendra Singh, Rajendiran Marimuthu,

Tópico(s)

Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Resumo

Reduction of copper salt by sodium citrate/SFS and myristic acid/SFS leads to phase pure Cu nanoparticles. However, a similar reaction with hydrazine hydrate (HH) and sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate (SFS) in polymer afforded only a mixture of Cu2O and Cu. Copper nanoparticles so-prepared were characterized by UV–Visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction measurements (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Freshly prepared solutions showed an absorption band at about 600 nm due to surface plasmon resonance (SPR). XRD analysis revealed all relevant Bragg's reflection for fcc crystal structure of copper metal. The particle size by use of Scherrer's equation is calculated to be about 30 nm. TEM showed nearly uniform distribution of the particles in PVA.

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