Morphological Control over ZnO Nanostructures from Self-Emulsion Polymerization

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• 作者：Santosh Kumar ; Hong-Joon Lee ; Tae-Ho Yoon ; C. N. Murthy ; Jae-Suk Lee
• 刊名：Crystal Growth & Design
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 6, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：7
• 页码：3905-3911
• 全文大小：543K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1528-7505

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Three different morphologies of ZnO nanostructures, such as nanospheres, nanorods, and nanoribbons, were controlled by tuning the ratio of the Zn²⁺ precursor to the 4VP monomer when polymerized in aqueous medium utilizing self-emulsion polymerization. The amphiphilic homopolymer (P4VP) acts as a template to form the ZnO/P4VP nanocomposite. The aspect ratio of the nanostructures is strongly dependent on the molar concentration of the Zn²⁺ precursor and becomes higher as its concentration increases. This results in different morphologies that are consistently repeatable. Pure ZnO was obtained from the ZnO/P4VP nanocomposites by calcination at 400 °C or by solvent washing. The calcination of the nanocomposties resulted in different morphologies, such as spherical, corolla shaped, and nanosheets. In addition, hexagonal nanoblocks, nanorods, and nanoribbons were observed when the polymer was removed from the nanocomposites by washing with chloroform. Removing polymer by solvent washing is a very easy, cost-effective method and has the potential for mass production of pure and highly crystalline ZnO nanostructures with known and controllable morphologies. The nanocomposites and pure ZnO nanostructures obtained after polymer removal were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analyses, which confirmed the crystalline nature of the ZnO.