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Study of α-Fe₂O₃@ZnO nanoleaves: Morphological and optical study

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Parastoo Khalili
School of Architecture and Environmental Design, University of Science & Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran
Majid Farahmandjou corresponding author
Department of Physics, Varamin Pishva Branch, Islamis Azad University, Varamin, Iran

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In this paper, α-Fe2O4@ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by coprecipitation method in the presence of PVP and EG surfactants. The samples were charactrized by x-ray fluorescence (XRF), x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The XRD results exhibited rhombohedral α-Fe2O3 and wurtzite structure of ZnO. The SEM images showed that the NPs changed from rod-shape to nanoleaves particles after heat treatment. The TEM studies displayed the formation of Fe2O3@ZnO core-shell of as-synthesized NPs. The stretching vibrations peaks in FTIR in the wavenumber of 532 cm-1 and 473 cm-1 ascribed to the Fe and Zn groups. The XRF data indicated decreasing of the Fe weight percent from 22 %Wt.  to 25 %Wt., after heat treatment.

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α-Fe2O4@ZnO, Nanoleaves, XRF, Crystal structure, FTIR

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Khalili, P., & Farahmandjou, M. (2020). Study of α-Fe₂O₃@ZnO nanoleaves: Morphological and optical study. Materials Engineering Research, 2(1), 118-124. https://doi.org/10.25082/MER.2020.01.004
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