N,N’-diisopropylthiourea and N,N’-dicyclohexyl-thiourea zinc(II) complexes as precursors for the synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles
South African Journal of Science
| Field | Value | |
| Title | N,N’-diisopropylthiourea and N,N’-dicyclohexyl-thiourea zinc(II) complexes as precursors for the synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles | |
| Creator | Moloto, N. Revaprasadu, N. Moloto, M.J. O’Brien, P. Raftery, J. | |
| Description | The single X-ray crystal structures of zinc (II) complexes of N,N’-diisopropylthiourea and N,N’ dicyclohexylthiourea weredetermined.These complexes, similar to other alkylthioureas, were found to be effective as precursors for the preparation of hexadecylamine-capped ZnS nanoparticles. The complexes are air-stable, easy to prepare and inexpensive. They pyrolyse cleanly to give high-quality ZnS nanoparticles, which show quantum confinement effects in their absorption spectra and close to band-edge emission. Their broad diffraction patterns are typicalof nanosized particles while their transmission electronmicroscopy images showed agglomerates of needle-like platelet nanoparticles. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2010-01-19 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajs.v105i7/8.43 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Science; Vol 105, No 7/8 (2009); 258 1996-7489 0038-2353 | |
| Language | en | |
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