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Journal of Structural Chemistry

2013 year, number 2

CHARACTERIZATION OF PURE PHASE Zn(II) OXIDE NANOPARTICLES VIA THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF TWO ZINC(II) COMPLEXES OF THE 6,6'-DIMETHYL-2,2'-BIPYRIDINE LIGAND

M. Hosseinifard1, L. Hashemi2, V. Amani1, A. Morsali2
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: nanoparticle, 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipy, Zn(II), surfactant

Abstract

Two zinc(II) complexes [Zn(6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipy)Cl2]n (1) and [Zn(6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipy)I2]n (2) are synthesized from the reaction of the 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipy ligand with ZnCl2 and ZnI2. Zinc(II) oxide nanoparticles are synthesized by the thermolysis of [Zn(6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipy)Cl2]n (1) and [Zn(6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipy)I2]n (2) at two different temperatures. The ZnO nanoparticles are characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). SEM images show the average size of the ZnO nanoparticles produced of 50 nm and 60 nm in compounds 1 and 2 respectively.