Synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide – agar nanocomposite

Jegan., A.; Ramasubbu, A.; Karunakaran, K.; Vasanthkumar, S.

doi:10.7508/ijnd.2011.03.004

Synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide – agar nanocomposite

Document Type : Reasearch Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Chemistry, Sona College of Technology, Salem, India.

² Post graduate and Research department of Chemistry, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, India.

³ Director, School of Science and Humanities and Head of Department of Chemistry and Director i/c of School of Nano Sciences and technology, Karunya University, Coimbatore -641114. India.

10.7508/ijnd.2011.03.004

Abstract

A novel zinc oxide - agar nanocomposite was successfully synthesized using zinc chloride as a precursor. The nanocomposite was prepared using a domestic microwave oven. The prepared nanocomposites have been characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and UV- visible spectroscopy. The crystalline properties of the synthesized materials were investigated by XRD and Raman spectroscopy. The UV- visible spectra shows a characteristic the absorption peak at 356 nm. The morphological observation of the SEM results reveals that the ZnO nanostructures are between 50 to 100 nm in size, and are embedded in the agar matrix.

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