Structural and Optical Properties of Pr3+ Doped ZnO and PVA:Zn98Pr2O Nanocomposite Free Standing Film
In this work, we report, a systematic study on the
structural and optical properties of Pr-doped ZnO nanostructures and
PVA:Zn98Pr2O polymer matrix nanocomposites free standing films.
These particles are synthesized through simple wet chemical route
and solution casting technique at room temperature, respectively.
Structural studies carried out by X-ray diffraction method confirm
that the prepared pure ZnO and Pr doped ZnO nanostructures are in
hexagonal wurtzite structure and the microstrain is increased upon
doping. TEM analysis reveals that the prepared materials are in sheet
like nature. Absorption spectra show free excitonic absorption band
at 370 nm and red shift for the Pr doped ZnO nanostructures. The
PVA:Zn98Pr2O composite film exhibits both free excitonic and PVA
absorption bands at 282 nm. Fourier transform infrared spectral
studies confirm the presence of A1 (TO) and E1 (TO) modes of Zn-O
bond vibration and the formation of polymer composite materials.
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Bindu Krishnan, “Size dependent fluorescence spectroscopy of
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microparticles on toxicity toward bacteria and osteoblast cancer cells,” J
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variation of size-controlled ZnO quantum dots synthesized by sol–gel
method,” Chem. Phys. Lett., vol. 409, pp. 208–211, June 2005.
[10] H. Zhang, D. Yang, Y. Ji, X. Ma, J. Xu, and D. Que, “Low Temperature
Synthesis of Flowerlike ZnO Nanostructures by
Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide-Assisted Hydrothermal Process”, J.
Phys. Chem. B, vol. 108, pp 3955–3958, March 2004.
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of ZnO nanorods from nanoparticles formed in a laser ablation plume”,
Appl. Phys. A vol. 78, pp. 299–301, February 2004.
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single-crystalline ZnO nanowires and their excellent UV emission
properties,” J. Mater. Chem., vol. 13, pp. 2551-2554, August 2003.
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“Effect of Pr doping on the structural and optical properties of ZnO
nanorods,” Mater. Sci. Eng. B vol. 175, pp. 238–242 December 2010.
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photoluminescence from ZnO:Pr powders,” J. Mater. Res., vol. 21, pp.
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properties of Pr3+-doped ZnO quantum dots” J. Non-Crystalline Solids,
vol. 383, pp.176–180 January 2014.
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solution-processed organic transistors,” Nature Mater., vol. 3, pp.106-
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Rovira, J. Veciana and F. Biscarini, “Magnetic Information Storage on
Polymers by Using Patterned Single-Molecule Magnets,” Angew. Chem.
Int. Ed., vol. 44, pp. 888-892 January 2005.
[20] B. Karthikeyan, M. Anija, Reji Philip, In situ synthesis and nonlinear
optical properties of Au:Ag nanocomposite polymer films, Appl. Phys.
Lett., vol. 88, pp. 053104-3 January 2006.
[21] Y. Rosenberg, V.S. Machavariani, V. Voronel, S. Garber, A. Rubshtein,
A.I. Frenkel, E.A. Stern, “Strain energy density in the X-ray powder
diffraction from mixed crystals and alloys,” J. Phys., Condens Matter.,
vol. 12, pp. 8081–8088, July 2000.
[22] S. Clemenson, L. David, and E. Espuche, “Structure and morphology of
nanocomposite films prepared from polyvinyl alcohol and silver nitrate:
Influence of thermal treatmen,” J. Polymer Sci.: Part A: Polymer Chem.,
vol. 45, pp 2657–2672, July 2007.
[23] H. Li, K. Luo, M. Xia, P. W. Wang, "Synthesis and optical properties of
Pr3+ doped ZnO quantum dots", J. Non-Crystalline Solids vol. 383, pp.
176–180, June 2014.
[24] K. Nakamoto, Infrared Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination
Compounds, Wiley, New York, 1973.
[25] M. Ghosh, N. Dilawar, A.K. Bandyopadhyay, A.K. Raychaudhuri,
“Phonon dynamics of Zn (Mg, Cd) O alloy nanostructures and their
phase segregation,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 106, pp. 084306 (1-6) October
2009.
[26] T. Pandiyarajan, B. Karthikeyan, “Optical properties of annealing
induced post growth ZnO:ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites,” Spectrochimica
Acta A, vol. 106, pp. 247–252, January 2013.
[27] H. S. Mansur, C. M. Sadahira, A. N. Souza, A.A.P. Mansur, “FTIR
spectroscopy characterization of poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel with
different hydrolysis degree and chemically crosslinked with
glutaraldehyde,” Mater. Sci. Eng. C vol. 28, pp. 539–548, December
2008.
[1] L. Irimpan, V. P. N. Nampoori, P. Radhakrishnan, A. Deepthy, and
Bindu Krishnan, “Size dependent fluorescence spectroscopy of
nanocolloids of ZnO,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 102, pp. 063524-6, September
2007.
[2] Nikolaos Tombros, Alina Veligura, Juliane Junesch, Marcos H. D.
Guimarães, Ivan J. Vera-Marun, Harry T. Jonkma, Bart J. van Wees,
“Quantized conductance of a suspended graphene nanoconstriction,”
Nature Physics vol. 7, pp. 697–700, June 2011.
[3] R. Viswanatha, S. Sapra, B. Satpati, P. V. Satyam, B. N. Dev and D. D.
Sarma, “Understanding the quantum size effects in ZnO nanocrystals,”
J. Mater. Chem., vol. 14, pp. 661-668, October 2004.
[4] M. Dvorak, S.H. Wei and Z. Wu, “Origin of the Variation of Exciton
Binding Energy in Semiconductors,” Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 110, pp.
016402 (1-4), January 2013.
[5] A. E. Suliman, Y. Tang and L. Xu, “Preparation of ZnO nanostructures
and nanosheets and their application to dye-sensitized solar cells,” Solar
Energy Materials and Solar Cells vol. 91, pp. 1658–1662, November
2007.
[6] P. Li , Z. Wei , T. Wu, Q. Peng and Y.Li, “Au−ZnO Hybrid
Nanopyramids and Their Photocatalytic Properties” J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
vol. 133, pp 5660–5663, March 2011.
[7] Z. Fan, D. Wang, P. C. Chang, W.Y. Tseng and J. G. Lu, “ZnO
nanowire field-effect transistor and oxygen sensing property,” Appl.
Phys. Lett., vol. 85, pp. 5923-5925, December 2004.
[8] S. Nair, A. Sasidharan, V. V. Divya Rani, D. Menon, S. Nair, K.
Manzoor and S. Raina, “Role of size scale of ZnO nanostructures and
microparticles on toxicity toward bacteria and osteoblast cancer cells,” J
Mater Sci: Mater Med., vol.20, pp. S235–S241, April 2009.
[9] K.F. Lin, H. M. Cheng, H.C. Hsu, L.J. Lin, and W.F. Hsieh, “Band gap
variation of size-controlled ZnO quantum dots synthesized by sol–gel
method,” Chem. Phys. Lett., vol. 409, pp. 208–211, June 2005.
[10] H. Zhang, D. Yang, Y. Ji, X. Ma, J. Xu, and D. Que, “Low Temperature
Synthesis of Flowerlike ZnO Nanostructures by
Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide-Assisted Hydrothermal Process”, J.
Phys. Chem. B, vol. 108, pp 3955–3958, March 2004.
[11] A.B. Hartanto, X. Ning, Y. Nakata, and T. Okada, “Growth mechanism
of ZnO nanorods from nanoparticles formed in a laser ablation plume”,
Appl. Phys. A vol. 78, pp. 299–301, February 2004.
[12] J. Wang and L. Gao, “Wet chemical synthesis of ultralong and straight
single-crystalline ZnO nanowires and their excellent UV emission
properties,” J. Mater. Chem., vol. 13, pp. 2551-2554, August 2003.
[13] P. Ilanchezhiyan, G. Mohan Kumar, M. Subramanian and R. Jayavel,
“Effect of Pr doping on the structural and optical properties of ZnO
nanorods,” Mater. Sci. Eng. B vol. 175, pp. 238–242 December 2010.
[14] Y. Inoue, M. Okamoto and J. Morimoto, “Enhancement of green
photoluminescence from ZnO:Pr powders,” J. Mater. Res., vol. 21, pp.
1476-1483 June 2006.
[15] H. Li, K. Luo, M. Xia and P. W. Wang, “Synthesis and optical
properties of Pr3+-doped ZnO quantum dots” J. Non-Crystalline Solids,
vol. 383, pp.176–180 January 2014.
[16] N. Ohashi, S. Mitarai and O. Fukunaga, “Magnetization and Electric
Properties of Pr-doped ZnO,” J. Electroceram., Vol 4, pp. 61–68
December 1999.
[17] S.Y. Chun and N. Mizutani, “Mass transport via grain boundary in Prbased
ZnO varistors and related electrical effects,” Mater. Sci. Eng. B
vol. 79, pp. 1–5 January 2001.
[18] G. H. Gelinck, H. E. A. Huitema, E. Veenendaal, E. Cantatore, L.
Schrijnemakers, J. B. P. H. van der Putten, T. C. T. Geuns, M.
Beenhakkers, J. B. Giesbers, B. H. Huisman, E. J. Meijer, E. M. Benito,F. J. Touwslager, A. W. Marsman, B.J. E. van Rens and D. M. D.
Leeuw, “Flexible active-matrix displays and shift registers based on
solution-processed organic transistors,” Nature Mater., vol. 3, pp.106-
110, January 2004.
[19] M. Cavallini, J. G. Segura, D. R. Molina, M. Massi, C. Albonetti, C.
Rovira, J. Veciana and F. Biscarini, “Magnetic Information Storage on
Polymers by Using Patterned Single-Molecule Magnets,” Angew. Chem.
Int. Ed., vol. 44, pp. 888-892 January 2005.
[20] B. Karthikeyan, M. Anija, Reji Philip, In situ synthesis and nonlinear
optical properties of Au:Ag nanocomposite polymer films, Appl. Phys.
Lett., vol. 88, pp. 053104-3 January 2006.
[21] Y. Rosenberg, V.S. Machavariani, V. Voronel, S. Garber, A. Rubshtein,
A.I. Frenkel, E.A. Stern, “Strain energy density in the X-ray powder
diffraction from mixed crystals and alloys,” J. Phys., Condens Matter.,
vol. 12, pp. 8081–8088, July 2000.
[22] S. Clemenson, L. David, and E. Espuche, “Structure and morphology of
nanocomposite films prepared from polyvinyl alcohol and silver nitrate:
Influence of thermal treatmen,” J. Polymer Sci.: Part A: Polymer Chem.,
vol. 45, pp 2657–2672, July 2007.
[23] H. Li, K. Luo, M. Xia, P. W. Wang, "Synthesis and optical properties of
Pr3+ doped ZnO quantum dots", J. Non-Crystalline Solids vol. 383, pp.
176–180, June 2014.
[24] K. Nakamoto, Infrared Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination
Compounds, Wiley, New York, 1973.
[25] M. Ghosh, N. Dilawar, A.K. Bandyopadhyay, A.K. Raychaudhuri,
“Phonon dynamics of Zn (Mg, Cd) O alloy nanostructures and their
phase segregation,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 106, pp. 084306 (1-6) October
2009.
[26] T. Pandiyarajan, B. Karthikeyan, “Optical properties of annealing
induced post growth ZnO:ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites,” Spectrochimica
Acta A, vol. 106, pp. 247–252, January 2013.
[27] H. S. Mansur, C. M. Sadahira, A. N. Souza, A.A.P. Mansur, “FTIR
spectroscopy characterization of poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel with
different hydrolysis degree and chemically crosslinked with
glutaraldehyde,” Mater. Sci. Eng. C vol. 28, pp. 539–548, December
2008.
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structural and optical properties of Pr-doped ZnO nanostructures and
PVA:Zn98Pr2O polymer matrix nanocomposites free standing films.
These particles are synthesized through simple wet chemical route
and solution casting technique at room temperature, respectively.
Structural studies carried out by X-ray diffraction method confirm
that the prepared pure ZnO and Pr doped ZnO nanostructures are in
hexagonal wurtzite structure and the microstrain is increased upon
doping. TEM analysis reveals that the prepared materials are in sheet
like nature. Absorption spectra show free excitonic absorption band
at 370 nm and red shift for the Pr doped ZnO nanostructures. The
PVA:Zn98Pr2O composite film exhibits both free excitonic and PVA
absorption bands at 282 nm. Fourier transform infrared spectral
studies confirm the presence of A1 (TO) and E1 (TO) modes of Zn-O
bond vibration and the formation of polymer composite materials.
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