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Characterization of ZnO–TiO2 and zinc titanate nanoparticles synthesized by hydrothermal process

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Solutions containing zinc nitrate hexahydrate (Zn(NO3)2·6H2O) and potassium titanium oxalate dihydrate (C4K2O9Ti·2H2O) with different molar ratios of Zn:Ti at a pH of 10 were hydrothermally processed at 120, 160, and 200 °C to form ZnO–anatase, ZnO–anatase–rutile and ZnO–rutile nanocomposites. Upon subsequent calcination the precursors at high temperatures, ZnTiO3, Zn2TiO4 , and Zn2Ti3O8 nanoparticles were synthesized. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Raman spectrophotometry, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy revealed the existence of nanocomposites and nanoparticles with strong emission at 386 nm for Zn2TiO4 and Zn2Ti3O8 and at 370 nm for ZnTiO3.

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We wish to thank Thailand’s Office of the Higher Education Commission for providing financial support through the National Research University Project (NRU) for Chiang Mai University (CMU) and the Human Resource Development Project in Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand, including the Graduate School of CMU through a general support.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Jirapong Arin & Titipun Thongtem

  2. The Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Jirapong Arin

  3. Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Somchai Thongtem

  4. Materials Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Somchai Thongtem

  5. Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90112, Thailand

    Anukorn Phuruangrat

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Arin, J., Thongtem, S., Phuruangrat, A. et al. Characterization of ZnO–TiO2 and zinc titanate nanoparticles synthesized by hydrothermal process. Res Chem Intermed 43, 3183–3195 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-016-2818-y

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