%0 Journal Article %T Formation And Stabilization Of ZnO Nanoparticles Inside MCM-48 Porous Support Via Post-synthetic Organometallic Route %J Advanced Materials Letters %I International Association of Advanced Materials %Z 0976-3961 %A Bandyopadhyay, Mahuya %A Gies, Hermann %A Gr, Wolfgang %D 2015 %\ 11/01/2015 %V 6 %N 11 %P 978-983 %! Formation And Stabilization Of ZnO Nanoparticles Inside MCM-48 Porous Support Via Post-synthetic Organometallic Route %K mesoporous %K Nanoparticles %K TEM %K EXAFS %R 10.5185/amlett.2015.5963 %X The interpenetrating 3-dimensional channel system of silica MCM-48 has been selected for the deposition of ZnO nanoparticles. The post-synthetic organometallic route was employed to load the mesoporous silica with ZnO-precursor molecule. Calcination of the composite transformed the organometallic sorbate to the corresponding metal oxide. X-ray powder diffraction, N2-Adsorption and TEM measurement have supported the efficient loading and growth of ZnO particles in the channels of mesoporous silica matrix. EXAFS analysis (ZnK-edges) also complemented the metal uptake. Presence of nano-dispersed and nanosized ZnO particles confined by the mesoporous pore system was established by TEM and EXAFS analysis. %U https://aml.iaamonline.org/article_14602_dc13c189238a2b39fcc9f2e5cb0df19e.pdf