Published January 28, 2014 | Version v1
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Structural and thermal properties of nanocrystalline CuO synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering

  • 1. Department of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India and Nano Science Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667 (India)
  • 2. Department of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667 (India)
  • 3. Nano Science Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667 (India)

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Recent research has shown immense application of metal oxides like CuO, MgO, CaO, Al2O3, etc. in different areas which includes chemical warfare agents, medical drugs, magnetic storage media and solar energy transformation. Among the metal oxides, CuO nanoparticles are of special interest because of their excellent gas sensing and catalytic properties. In this paper we report structural and thermal properties of CuO synthesized by reactive magnetron DC sputtering. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffractometer. The XRD result reveals that as DC power increased from 30W to 80W, size of the CuO nanoparticles increased. The same results have been verified through TEM analysis. Thermal properties of these particles were studied using thermogravimetry

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1576
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 190-193
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
2. international conference on optoelectronic materials and thin films for advanced technology
Acronym
OMTAT 2013
Dates
3-5 Jan 2013
Place
Kochi, Kerala (India)

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