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Morphology and structure study of polygon ZnO nanorods: Biomedical applications

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Parastoo Khalili
Majid Farahmandjou corresponding author

Abstract

In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) were first synthesized using co-precipitation method in the presence of Zn(NO3)2.6H2O precursor and calcined at different temperature of 450 oC and 1000 oC. Samples were then characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The XRD study revealed the hexagonal wurtzite structure for annealed samples. SEM images showed tthat he morphology of the ZnO NPs changed from sphere-like shape to polygon shape by increasing temperature. The exact size of NPs were measured by TEM analysis about 40 nm for as-prepared samples. The EDS analysis demonstrated an increasing level of Zn element from 28.5 wt% to 50.8 wt% for as-synthesized and annealed samples, respectively.

Keywords
ZnO nanorods, polygon-shaped nanoparicles, coprecipitation synthesis, EDX

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Supporting Agencies
The authors are thankful for the financial support of varamin pishva branch at Islamic Azad University for analysis and the discussions on the results.
How to Cite
Khalili, P., & Farahmandjou, M. (2020). Morphology and structure study of polygon ZnO nanorods: Biomedical applications. Materials Engineering Research, 2(1), 125-132. https://doi.org/10.25082/MER.2021.01.001

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