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
Affiliation:Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, China.
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.
