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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl)
J Nanomed Nanotechnol
ISSN: 2157-7439 JNMNT, an open access journal
Nanotek 2016
December 05-07, 2016
December 05-07, 2016 Phoenix, USA
13
th
International Conference on
Nanotek & Expo
J Nanomed Nanotechnol 2016, 7:6 (Suppl)
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7439.C1.047Bis(2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehydato)zinc(II) as a precursor for the synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles and
Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition (AACVD) of ZnO thin films
Thokozani. Xaba
ab
, Makwena J. Moloto
a
, Mundher Al-Adhali
b
, Azad M. Mohammad
b
, Nosipho Moloto
c
,
and
Paul O’Brien
b
a
Vaal University of Technology,South Africa
b
The University of Manchester, UK
c
Wits University, South Africa
Z
inc(II) complexes were prepared and used as precursors for the synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles via thermal decomposition
method using hexadecylamine as a stabilizing agent. The prepared complexes were also used as single source precursors to deposit
ZnO films on glass substrates at 350, 400, and 450
0
C using the aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition (AACVD) technique.
The TEM images of the synthesized nanoparticles revealed different shapes of the particles when the decomposition temperature is
increased. The diffraction patterns of all ZnO thin films prepared at different temperatures show the simple cubic structures with the
lattice parameter of a = b = c = 4.278 A°.
thokozanix@vut.ac.za