Raman and IR investigations indicated the presence of reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-like residues on ceria nanoparticles after solvothermal treatment in ethanol. The appearance of such structures is closely related to cerium tert-butoxide as precursor and ethanol as solvothermal solvent. The rGO-like residues improve the catalytic CO oxidation activity. This was also confirmed by introduction of...

Nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) materials have received considerable interest from scientists due to their remarkable performance in electronics, optics and photonics. ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation method. ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized using Zn(NO3)3 and K2CO3 precursors. The structure of the obtained product was confirmed by the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) anal...

In this paper, plate-like NiO nanoparticles were prepared by one-pot solid-state thermal decomposition of nickel (II) Schiff base complex as new precursor. First, the nickel (II) Schiff base precursor was prepared by solid-state grinding using nickel (II) nitrate hexahydrate, Ni(NO3)2∙6H2O, and the Schiff base ligand N,N′-bis-(salicylidene) benzene-1,4-diamine) for 30 min without using any solv...

The reduction of surface “native” oxides from GaAs substrates following reactions with trimethylaluminum TMA precursor is studied using medium energy ion scattering spectroscopy MEIS and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy XPS . MEIS measurements after one single TMA pulse show that 65% of the native oxide is reduced, confirmed by XPS measurement, and a 5 Å thick oxygen-rich aluminum oxide layer i...

surface ozone (surface o3)is a secondary pollutant and there are only limited studies on ozone in south india. studies have revealed a strong correlation between higher ozone levels and warmer days. surface o3 along with its precursors like no2, co and ch4 are being measured at kanyakumari (8.0780° n, 77.5410° e), tamilnadu, india and in this paper we present the summer time variation of ozone ...

Introduction: Iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe2O3-NPs) are small magnetic particles that widely used in different aspects of biology and medicine in modern life. Fe2O3-NP accumulated in the living cells due to absence of active system to excrete the iron ions so damages cellular organelles by highly reactivity. Method: Herein cytotoxic effects of Fe2O3-NP with 50 nm size were investigated on prima...