Simple chemical aqueous synthesis of dahlia nanoflower consisting of finger-like ZnO nanorods and observation of stable ultraviolet photoluminescence emission

Chakraborty, S and Tiwary, CS and Kumbhakar, P (2015) Simple chemical aqueous synthesis of dahlia nanoflower consisting of finger-like ZnO nanorods and observation of stable ultraviolet photoluminescence emission. In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS, 78 . pp. 84-89.

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Abstract

In this work, we have reported the synthesis of dahlia flower-like ZnO nanostructures consisting of human finger-like nanorods by the hydrothermal method at 120 degrees C and without using any capping agent. Optical properties of the samples, including UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence (PL) emission characteristics are determined by dispersing the samples in water as well as in ethanol media. The quenching of PL emission intensity along-with the red shifting of the PL emission peak are observed when the samples are dispersed in water in comparison to those obtained after dispersing the samples in ethanol. It has been found that PL emission characteristic, particularly the spectral nature of PL emission, of the samples remains almost unaltered (except some improvement in UV PL emission) even after thermally annealing it for 2 h at the temperature of 300 degrees C. Also the synthesized powder samples, kept in a plastic container, showed a very stable PL emission even after 15 months of synthesis. Therefore, the synthesized samples might be useful for their applications in future optoelectronics devices. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND
Keywords:	Nanostructures; Optical materials; Optical properties
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2015 12:34
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2015 04:59
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/50976

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