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Microstructural Effects of Mn 2+ ions in ZnO Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Rajeswari P.,
Dhanuskodi S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.201300102
Subject(s) - crystallite , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , materials science , particle size , nanoparticle , grain size , diamagnetism , deformation (meteorology) , analytical chemistry (journal) , ferromagnetism , crystallography , mineralogy , condensed matter physics , nanotechnology , composite material , transmission electron microscopy , metallurgy , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , magnetic field
Semiconducting ZnO nanoparticles with manganese content 0 at. %, 5 at. % and 10 at. % were prepared by co‐precipitation technique and XRD reveals that the average crystallite size D is 10.2 nm, 7.62 nm and 7.06 nm respectively. The individual contributions of the size and strain to the XRD peak broadening were investigated by Williamson‐Hall (W‐H) analysis. The strain, stress and energy density were calculated more precisely by uniform deformation model (UDM), uniform stress deformation model (USDM), uniform deformation energy density model (UDEDM) and size‐strain plot (SSP) method. The average particle size from HRTEM analysis is 13 ± 2 nm. The evaluated average crystallite size from the W‐H analysis and SSP method is commensurate with the particle size from HRTEM. Diamagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition observed is interpreted interms of the anisotropic strain due to the dopant.