The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method

The effect of the addition of very small amount of polyvinylalcohol (PVA) on the resulting physicochemical properties of ZnO synthesized by ethyleneglycol-hydrothermalmethod was studied. Significant change in particle size distribution and specific surface area can be observed even only 0.02% PVA (w...

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Main Authors: Afif, Syazwan, Zainal, Zulkarnain, Hussein, Mohd Zobir
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author Afif, Syazwan
Zainal, Zulkarnain
Hussein, Mohd Zobir
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Hussein, Mohd Zobir
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description The effect of the addition of very small amount of polyvinylalcohol (PVA) on the resulting physicochemical properties of ZnO synthesized by ethyleneglycol-hydrothermalmethod was studied. Significant change in particle size distribution and specific surface area can be observed even only 0.02% PVA (w/w) was added into the ethyleneglycol (EG) solution, in which the median particle size distribution increased from 5 to 8 nm and at the same time the specific surface area is also increased to nearly 50%. Further addition of PVA resulted in the decrease of the specific surface area due to the formation of agglomeration and aggregation of particles as observed by FESEM study. This study shows that the presence of minute amount of polymer, PVA plays very crucial role in determining the resulting properties of the synthesized ZnO by EG-hydrothermalmethod.
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spelling upm-171022015-10-28T07:48:15Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17102/ The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method Afif, Syazwan Zainal, Zulkarnain Hussein, Mohd Zobir The effect of the addition of very small amount of polyvinylalcohol (PVA) on the resulting physicochemical properties of ZnO synthesized by ethyleneglycol-hydrothermalmethod was studied. Significant change in particle size distribution and specific surface area can be observed even only 0.02% PVA (w/w) was added into the ethyleneglycol (EG) solution, in which the median particle size distribution increased from 5 to 8 nm and at the same time the specific surface area is also increased to nearly 50%. Further addition of PVA resulted in the decrease of the specific surface area due to the formation of agglomeration and aggregation of particles as observed by FESEM study. This study shows that the presence of minute amount of polymer, PVA plays very crucial role in determining the resulting properties of the synthesized ZnO by EG-hydrothermalmethod. Elsevier 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17102/1/The%20Effect%20of%20Polyvinyl%20Alcohol%20Addition%20on%20the%20Physico.pdf Afif, Syazwan and Zainal, Zulkarnain and Hussein, Mohd Zobir (2010) The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 124 (1). pp. 477-481. ISSN 0254-0584 Polyvinyl alcohol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2010.06.069 English
spellingShingle Polyvinyl alcohol.
Afif, Syazwan
Zainal, Zulkarnain
Hussein, Mohd Zobir
The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method
title The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method
title_full The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method
title_fullStr The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method
title_short The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol Addition on the Physico-Chemical Properties of ZnO Synthesised by Ethylene Glycol-Hydrothermal Method
title_sort effect of polyvinyl alcohol addition on the physico-chemical properties of zno synthesised by ethylene glycol-hydrothermal method
topic Polyvinyl alcohol.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17102/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17102/1/The%20Effect%20of%20Polyvinyl%20Alcohol%20Addition%20on%20the%20Physico.pdf