Chemical synthesis and characterization of zinc, iron and carbon-based nanoparticles and their nanocomposites

Authors

  • Comfort M. Ngwu

    Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7267 Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria
    Author
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4723-2813

  • Stevens A. Odoemelam

    University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7267 Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria
    Author

  • Jude C. Nnaji

    Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7267 Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria
    Author
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5569-4818

Keywords:

Nanoparticles, nanocomposites, grapheme oxide, zinc oxide, magnetite, chitosan

Abstract

The wet chemical approach (an aspect of the bottom-up method) was used to synthesize  zinc oxide, magnetite and graphene oxide, graphene oxide/magnetite and chitosan/magnetite nanoparticles and their nanocomposites. The synthesized particles were characterized by FESEM/EDX, FT-IR and XRD techniques. Zinc oxide was obtained with a crystallite size of 9.0 nm. The synthesized magnetite particles had a crystallite particle size of 6.4 nm. Crystallite sizes obtained for GO, GO-magnetite and chitosan-magnetite were 7.9, 7.1 and 11.2 nm, respectively. The synthesized composite did not display any  phase change in the magnetite

Author Biographies

  • Comfort M. Ngwu, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7267 Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

    Department of Chemistry

  • Stevens A. Odoemelam, University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7267 Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

    Department of Chemistry

  • Jude C. Nnaji, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7267 Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

    Department of Chemistry

Published

2020-08-31

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2020): VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4

Section

Articles