A green synthetic route for zinc oxide nanoarchitectures using l-lysine

Navaladian Subramanian; Amal Al Ghaferi

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2012.11.010

A green synthetic route for zinc oxide nanoarchitectures using l-lysine

Navaladian Subramanian
, Amal Al Ghaferi

Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

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Zinc oxide (ZnO) flowers comprising nanorods of average size ∼160 nm were rapidly synthesized using l-lysine as a precipitating and capping agent in aqueous medium in the absence of hydrothermal conditions. When NaOH substituted lysine, formation of only ZnO stars was observed, proving the crucial role of lysine in forming nanorods. XRD analysis of nanorods proved the formation of hexagonal ZnO and the preferential growth of (001) planes in complementary to SEM analysis. Effect of reaction temperature on resulting ZnO samples has been studied. Increase in the reaction temperature has increased the crystallite and the particle sizes of nanorods. A plausible mechanism of formation of ZnO architectures has been proposed.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	361-364
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	92
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2012.11.010
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Amino acid
Flowers
Lysine
Nanorods
Precipitation
Stars
Zinc oxide

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