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een prepared. Synthesis and luminescence properties of these nanoparticles are discussed in<br />

this chapter. Tungstate nanomaterials were prepared at room temperature in ethylene glycol<br />

by adding sodium tungstate to the metal nitrate solution.<br />

6.2. Effect of nature of metal ion on the particle size: Figure 106 shows XRD patterns of<br />

MWO 4 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) nanomaterials. All the peaks are characteristic of nanocrystalline<br />

tetragonal MWO 4 with scheelite structure. The shifting of XRD peak maximum to lower 2θ<br />

values from Ca to Ba through Sr is due to the increase in the ionic radii of cation and<br />

associated lattice expansion. Line widths of diffraction peaks are also found to decrease with<br />

increase in the ionic radii of the metal ion. Average crystallite size was calculated by using<br />

Debye-Scherrer formula and is found to be 7, 10, 20 nm for CaWO 4 , SrWO 4 and BaWO 4 ,<br />

respectively.<br />

BaWO 4<br />

Intensity (arb.units)<br />

(101)<br />

(112)<br />

(004)<br />

(200)<br />

(211)<br />

(213)<br />

(204)<br />

(220)<br />

(116)<br />

SrWO 4<br />

CaWO 4<br />

(312)<br />

(321)<br />

10 20 30 40 50 60 70<br />

2θ/°<br />

Fig.106. XRD patterns of MWO 4 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) nanoparticles.<br />

Lattice parameters were calculated by least squares fitting of the XRD patterns. These are<br />

found to be a = 5.240Å, c = 11.381 Å for CaWO 4 , a = 5.415 Å, c = 11.951 Å for SrWO 4 and<br />

a = 5.613 Å, c = 12.703 Å for BaWO 4 nanoparticles. The increase in the lattice parameters<br />

are due to increase in the ionic sizes of metal ions. Increase in particle size with increase in<br />

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