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Effect of surfactant type on the microstructure and optical properties of In2O3 nanoparticles

KANICA ANAND1, PRAVEEN KUMAR1, R. THANGARAJ1,*

Affiliation

  1. Semiconductors Laboratory, Department of Physics, GND University, Amritsar-143005, India

Abstract

This paper reports the sol-precipitation synthesis of spherical In2O3 nanoparticles. The effect of the use of different surfactants on the growth, microstructure and optical properties has been studied. The lattice parameter for cubic crystalline nanoparticles form the diffraction data and strain and crystallite size have been calculated by using the Williamson-Hall plots. The blue shift in the absorption edge and two characteristic luminescence bands for PVP and CPC grown samples have been observed. The change in the optical and luminescence behavior of the nanoparticles has been attributed to the effect of precursors used which controls the growth/microstructure along with the size of the nanoparticles..

Keywords

In2O3 nanoparticles, Microstructure, Optical and luminescence properties.

Submitted at: April 12, 2011
Accepted at: June 9, 2011

Citation

KANICA ANAND, PRAVEEN KUMAR, R. THANGARAJ, Effect of surfactant type on the microstructure and optical properties of In2O3 nanoparticles, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 13, Iss. 6, pp. 702-705 (2011)