Quantum size effects in CuO nanoparticles

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作者
Borgohain, K [1 ]
Singh, JB
Rao, MVR
Shripathi, T
Mahamuni, S
机构
[1] Univ Poona, Dept Phys, Poona 411007, Maharashtra, India
[2] Bhabha Atom Res Ctr, Div Mat Sci, Bombay 400085, Maharashtra, India
[3] Inter Univ Consortium, Indore 452017, India
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10.1103/PhysRevB.61.11093
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Size effects in cupric oxide nanocrystals, synthesized using a novel electrochemical route, having average diameters of about 4 and 6 nm, are probed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Cu-O bond ionicity was found to increase with reduction in nanocrystallite size. Formation of pure CuO phase was confirmed from x-ray diffraction, infrared spectrophotometry and photoelectron spectroscopy. This report also disproves the earlier conjecture that nanometer sized CuO phase is unstable below 25 nm.
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页码:11093 / 11096
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