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Synthesis and characterization of highly organized crystalline rutile nanoparticles by low-temperature dissolution-reprecipitation process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Mohammad Rezaul Karim ,
Mohammad Tauhidul Islam Bhuiyan ,
Mushtaq Ahmad Dar ,
Asiful Hossain Seikh ,
Muhammad Ali Shar ,
Mohammed Badruz Zaman ,
Chul Jae Lee ,
Hee Jin Kim  and
Mu Sang Lee
Mohammad Rezaul Karim*
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials, Advanced Manufacturing Institutes, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Tauhidul Islam Bhuiyan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Particle Technology Research Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A5B8, Canada
Mushtaq Ahmad Dar
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials, Advanced Manufacturing Institutes, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Asiful Hossain Seikh
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials, Advanced Manufacturing Institutes, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Ali Shar
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials, Advanced Manufacturing Institutes, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Badruz Zaman
Affiliation:
AB-Biotech Inc., National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada; and Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials, Advanced Manufacturing Institutes, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Chul Jae Lee
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Industry, Yeungnam College of Science and Technology, 170 Hyeonchung-ro, Nam-gu, Daegu 705-703, Republic of Korea
Hee Jin Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
Mu Sang Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mkarim@ksu.edu.sa
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Abstract

Rutile nanoparticles have been synthesized by acid hydrolysis of titanium isopropoxide by low-temperature dissolution-reprecipitation process. High-resolution transmission electron micrographs of the rutile colloidal solution show needle-shaped rutile nanoparticles with the dimensions of 10–30 nm in diameter and 100–150 nm in length. X-ray diffraction (XRD) data show the existence of only the rutile polymorph in TiO2 powder with a crystallite size of 11.3 nm. The dielectric constant of rutile nanoparticles has been found to be 57 at 10 MHz AC frequency and DC conductance as 2.3 × 10−6 S/cm. Transmission electron micrographs and XRD data analysis imply that the rutile crystallites are self-organized in a regular fashion to produce multilayer three-dimensional linear clusters. The clusters have been found to be microporous (average porosity 1.4 nm) with high specific surface area (132.2 m2/g). At higher concentration, the clusters aggregate to produce interconnected network of star- or flower-like structures. This organized crystalline microporous metal-oxide semiconductor might find various practical applications.

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nanostructureschemical synthesisdielectric propertiessemiconductorshighly organized rutile TiO2
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 30 , Issue 12 , 28 June 2015 , pp. 1887 - 1893
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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