Abstract
Copper oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by water-in-oil microemulsions with two different apolar solvents (isooctane and n-octane). Our studies on the samples show that the grain size is highly dependent on the nature of non-polar solvent, 25-30 and 80-90 nm sized nanoparticles with isooctane and n-octane, respectively. The Neel temperature of CuO nanoparticles obtained from isooctane is about 80 K. For the larger particles obtained from n-octane, the transition temperature shifts to higher temperature (∼220 K) near that of the bulk.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 891-895 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Solid State Sciences |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics