synthesis and characterization of copper and copper oxide nanoparticles by thermal decomposition method

a simple method has been employed to synthesize copper and copper oxide nanoparticles from copper (ii) succinate precursor by thermal decomposition method using oleylamine as a capping agent. the particles synthesized with oleylamine and triphenylphosphine were well dispersed nanoparticles obtained from x-ray diffraction (xrd). the synthesized copper nanoparticles were characterized by uv-visible, fourier transfer infrared spectra, x-ray diffraction, atomic force microscope (afm), scanning electron microscope (sem) and cyclic voltammetry (cv).