TY - JOUR ID - 14602 TI - Formation And Stabilization Of ZnO Nanoparticles Inside MCM-48 Porous Support Via Post-synthetic Organometallic Route JO - Advanced Materials Letters JA - AML LA - en SN - 0976-3961 AU - Bandyopadhyay, Mahuya AU - Gies, Hermann AU - Gr, Wolfgang AD - Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 6 IS - 11 SP - 978 EP - 983 KW - mesoporous KW - Nanoparticles KW - TEM KW - EXAFS DO - 10.5185/amlett.2015.5963 N2 - 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. UR - https://aml.iaamonline.org/article_14602.html L1 - https://aml.iaamonline.org/article_14602_dc13c189238a2b39fcc9f2e5cb0df19e.pdf ER -