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A new approach has been proposed to synthesis pure ZnO nanoparticles from zinc
nitrate hexa-hydrate precursor and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose capping agent.
The resulting nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier
Transform Infra-red (FTIR) spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy and
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). The XRD results showed
that particle size is in the range of few nanometers with hexagonal wurtzite
structure. Photoluminescence and FESEM results suggested that the adopted method
can be successfully utilized for the preparation of size controlled nanocrystalline
ZnO powder.
