Preparation of ZnO Microflowers from a Single Source Reactant
Liwei Mi
National Engineering and Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Henan, P.R. China ; Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, Xuxhang University, Henan, P.R. China
Weihua Chen
Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Henan, P.R. China
Fengling Yang
Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, Xuxhang University, Henan, P.R. China
Jianmin Zhang
Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Henan, P.R. China
Changyu Shen
National Engineering and Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Henan, P.R. China
Zhi Zheng
Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, Xuxhang University, Henan, P.R. China
Corresponding Author(s) : Changyu Shen
nerczzu@yahoo.cn; zhengzhi9999@yahoo.com.cn
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 23 No. 1 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 1
[Zn(phen)2(H2O)2]2L·6H2O (1), where HL = 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid and phen = ophenanthroline was used as a single source reactant to prepare well-crystallized ZnO in aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide at 180 ºC under wide-range pH value for a day without the assistance of a surfactant or microemulsion. The decomposition products from this zinc inclusion complex could keep well-faceted prismatic whiskers in wide range of alkalinity. The ZnO crystal growth mechanism based on the growth units of [Zn(phen)4(H2O)2]2- is employed to explain the formation of the six different ZnO microcrystals because of the strong coordination ability between the central zinc metal ion and o-phenanthroline.
Keywords
Inclusion compoundZnO MicroflowersHydrothermal
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Mi, L., Chen, W., Yang, F., Zhang, J., Shen, C., & Zheng, Z. (2010). Preparation of ZnO Microflowers from a Single Source Reactant. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 23(1), 377–379. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/10051
