Synthesis of zinc oxide nanospheres

Author

Tetrycz, Helena ; Byrczek, Michal ; Rac, Olga

Author_Institution

Fac. of Microsyst. Electron. & Photonic, Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Wroclaw, Poland

fYear

2010

fDate

25-27 June 2010

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

9

Abstract

We present a method for the synthesis of monodispersive ZnO colloidal spheres. The colloidal spheres are made from the solution of zinc acetate and polyethylene glycol (PEG) in the temperature 135°C. The obtained structures were investigated with scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope. The structures received in the process are spheres with diameter 300 nm-1 μm. ZnO nanospheres have plenty of possibilities of application, for example in gas sensors or as a self-assembled material in photonic crystals.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; colloids; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; scanning electron microscopy; semiconductor growth; solutions; transmission electron microscopy; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; SEM; ZnO; monodispersive colloidal spheres; polyethylene glycol; scanning electron microscopy; size 300 nm to 1 mum; temperature 135 degC; transmission electron microscopy; zinc acetate; zinc oxide nanospheres; Artificial intelligence; Colloidal crystals; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Zinc oxide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Students and Young Scientists Workshop, 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Szklarska Poreba

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8324-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/STYSW.2010.5714157

Filename

5714157