scholarly journals A comparative study on the VOCs sensing behaviors of various ZnO nanostructures

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Vuong Nguyen Minh ◽  
Dung Dinh Tien ◽  
Hieu Hoang Nhat ◽  
Nghia Nguyen Van ◽  
Truong Nguyen Ngoc Khoa ◽  
...  

The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) sensing layers were studied using ZnO nanomaterials with different morphologies including hierarchical nanostructure (ZnO-H), nanorods (ZnO-NRs), commercial nanoparticles (ZnO-CNPs) and wet chemical synthesized nanoparticles (ZnO-HNPs). ZnO hierarchical structure was fabricated by an electrospinning technique followed by hydrothermal process. ZnO vertical nanorods structure was fabricated by hydrothermal method, while ZnO nanoparticles based sensors were prepared from commercial powder and wet chemical method. The morphology and properties of the fabricated samples were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). VOCs sensing responses toward acetone, ethanol and methanol with respect to altered ZnO nanostructureswas systematically compared at different working temperatures. The enhanced response at low working temperatures induced by theopen space hierarchical structure was observed. The VOCs sensing mechanisms of the ZnO nanostructures based sensing layer were also explained and discussed in detail. 

2013 ◽  
Vol 1506 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Wang ◽  
B. K. Rai ◽  
S. R. Mishra

AbstractNanostructured Al3+ doped Ni0.75Zn0.25Fe2-xAlxO4 (x = 0.0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8, and 1.0) ferrites were synthesized via wet chemical method. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and magnetization measurements have been used to investigate the structural and magnetic properties of spinel ferrites calcined at 950 °C .With the doping of Al3+, the particle size of Ni0.75Zn0.25Fe2-xAlxO4 first increased to 47 nm at x = 0.4 and then decreased down to 37 nm at x = 1. Saturation magnetization decreased linearly with Al3+ due to magnetic dilution. The coercive field showed an inverse dependence on the particle size of ferrites.


Author(s):  
Nguyen Ca ◽  
N. D Vinh ◽  
Phan Van Do ◽  
N. T. Hien ◽  
Xuan Hoa Vu ◽  
...  

Tb3+-doped ZnSe quantum dots (QDs) with Tb content in the range of 0.5 - 7% were successfully synthesized by a wet chemical method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy...


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jutarat Kavinchan ◽  
Titipun Thongtem ◽  
Somchai Thongtem ◽  
Eksuree Saksornchai

Antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) was successfully synthesized from antimony chloride (SbCl3) and sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate (Na2S2O3·5H2O) in ethylene glycol (EG) without using any template by a facile wet-chemical method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) show that the products were orthorhombic Sb2S3nanorods forming the coral-like, straw-tied-like, and flower-like architectures with the nanorods growing along the [001] direction. The energy gap (Eg) was determined by UV-visible absorption to be 1.52 eV.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1257-1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urszula Klekotka ◽  
Magdalena Rogowska ◽  
Dariusz Satuła ◽  
Beata Kalska-Szostko

Ferrite nanoparticles with nominal composition Me0.5Fe2.5O4 (Me = Co, Fe, Ni or Mn) have been successfully prepared by the wet chemical method. The obtained particles have a mean diameter of 11–16 ± 2 nm and were modified to improve their magnetic properties and chemical activity. The surface of the pristine nanoparticles was functionalized afterwards with –COOH and –NH2 groups to obtain a bioactive layer. To achieve our goal, two different modification approaches were realized. In the first one, glutaraldehyde was attached to the nanoparticles as a linker. In the second one, direct bonding of such nanoparticles with a bioparticle was studied. In subsequent steps, the nanoparticles were immobilized with enzymes such as albumin, glucose oxidase, lipase and trypsin as a test bioparticles. The characterization of the nanoparticles was acheived by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The effect of the obtained biocomposites was monitored by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The obtained results show that in some cases the use of glutaraldehyde was crucial (albumin).


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinh Dung Trinh ◽  
Phuong Thi Pham Hau ◽  
Thi My Dung Dang ◽  
Chien Mau Dang

Solutions and redispersible powders of nanocrystalline, europium-doped YVO4, are prepared via a wet chemical method using the ultrasonic processor (sonochemical) and microwave and thermal stirring. From X-ray diffraction (XRD) results, YVO4:Eu3+ nanoparticles synthesized using sonochemical method have better crystallinity than those prepared using thermal stirring and microwave methods exhibiting the tetragonal structure known for bulk material. From field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results, it is found that the size of nanoparticles is around 25 nm and increasing after annealing at 900°C. From UV-Vis result, there is a peak at 270 nm corresponding to the absorption of VO43− groups. The photoluminescence (PL) results clearly show the strongest red emission peak at the wavelength around 618 nm. The highest luminescent intensity is obtained for the sample prepared by the sonochemical method at pH = 12 and annealing temperature at 900°C for 4 h. The average lifetimes of the Eu3+ ions in the samples annealed at 300, 600, and 900°C for 1 h at 618 nm emission under 275 nm excitation are 0.36, 0.62, and 0.64 ms, whereas sample annealed at 900°C for 4 h has lifetime of 0.70 ms. The security ink, containing synthesized YVO4:Eu3+ nanoparticles, is dispersed in glycerol and other necessary solvents. The experimental security labels are printed by inkjet using the electrohydrodynamic printing technique. The resulting lines represented to the security labels are analyzed by the 3D microscope equipment and UV 20 W mercury lamp with a wavelength of ∼254 nm. The seamless line of the printed security label has the value of the width at ∼230 μm, thickness at ∼0.68 μm, and distance between two adjacent lines at 800 μm. This result is compatible for producing security labels in small size (millimeter) in order to increase security property.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karan Kumar Gupta ◽  
S . J. Dhoble ◽  
Aleksander R. Krupski

AbstractDy3+ doped β-Ca2P2O7 phosphor has been synthesized using wet chemical method. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis confirmed the formation of β-Ca2P2O7:Dy nano-phosphors. However, photoluminescence (PL) study was carried out to confirm the presence of dopant ion in the host matrix of β-Ca2P2O7:Dy material. Thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves of β-Ca2P2O7 were recorded for different concentrations of Dy3+ after exposure to various fluences of C6+ ion beam (75 meV). TL sensitivity of β-Ca2P2O7:Dy3+ (0.1 mol%) phosphor was 3.79 times more than commercially available CaSO4:Dy3+. TRIM code based on the Monte Carlo simulation was used to calculate the absorbed doses, ion range and main energy loss. Glow curve de-convolution (GCD) method was used to determine the number of TL peaks and their trapping parameters. The wide linear response of β-Ca2P2O7 nanoparticles along with high stability of TL glow curve makes this nanomaterial a good candidate for C6+ ion beam dosimetry.


2006 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 735-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Nuansing ◽  
S. Maensiri

This paper reports on the fabrication of nanofibres of ceramic compounds using electrospinning technique. In a typical process, ceramic nanofibres are fabricated by electrospinning a precursor mixture of appropriated metal sources, polymer and solvent, followed by calcination treatment of the electrospun composite nanofibres. In this work, the electrospinning set up as well as experimental procedure are described in detail. The fabrication of thermoelectric oxide NaCo2O4, ferroelectric Ba1-xSrxTiO3 and semiconductor TiO2 nanofibres with diameter of ~20-200 nm are demonstrated. The characterization of the fabricated nanofibres using TG-DTA, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy is also investigated.


2011 ◽  
Vol 110-116 ◽  
pp. 547-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Xin Wang ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Xing Guo Cheng ◽  
Hong Fang Xu ◽  
Li Jun Liu

ZnO nanostructures with different morphology have been successfully fabricated by a simple relative low temperature approach at 90 °C for 5 h without surfactant assistance. These structures can be easily tailed using varied concentrations of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and different amounts of the hydrazine hydrate (N2H4·H2O). X-ray diffraction (XRD) result proves the formation of ZnO with wurtzite structure. Microstructure as revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) indicates that the rod-like and chrysanthemum-like ZnO nanostructures contain many radial nanorods, which grow along the [0001] direction. Furthermore, the as-prepared ZnO nanomaterials exhibit high activity on the photo-catalytic degradation of typical persistent organic pollutants (POPs), indicating that they are promising as semiconductor photo-catalysts.


2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 2275-2278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Feng Yang ◽  
Yu Zhen Lv ◽  
Yahui Zhang ◽  
Chen Min Liu ◽  
Lin Guo

Fe3O4 nanoparticles were simply prepared by a wet chemical solution method. In this method, poly (N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) was used as surface modified reagent to control the shape of the product. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to characterize the asprepared Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Furthermore, the magnetic properties of the sample were investigated by a VSM (vibrating sample magnetometer) technique.


2011 ◽  
Vol 236-238 ◽  
pp. 1873-1876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Jie Tao ◽  
Yun Qiang Xu ◽  
Guo Wei Zhou ◽  
Cui Cui Wu ◽  
Hong Bin Song ◽  
...  

Ordered mesoporous SBA-15 was synthesized through hydrothermal process under acidic condition. The material was characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), small-angle X-ray diffraction (SAXRD), and N2 adsorption-desorption. The results indicated that SBA-15 has 2-dimensional hexagonal p6mm mesoscopic structure and well-ordered parallel mesochannel. The as-obtained mesoporous silica was used for controlled release of water-insolube drug emodin. The loading capacity could achieve 6.64 mg/g, and the release profiles that studied in phosphate buffered saline (PBS, pH = 7.4) showed that released amount of emodin was 95.8 % after 48 h.


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