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CHEM01200604004 Shri Sanyasinaidu Boddu - Homi Bhabha ...

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ionic radius of the metal cation can be explained based on the difference in the extent of<br />

stabilization of ligand (EG moiety) on the surface of MWO 4 nanoparticles. As the<br />

stabilization of EG moiety on the nanoparticles occurs through cations like Ca 2+ , Sr 2+ and<br />

Ba 2+ , the extent of stabilization of ligand will be the highest for CaWO 4 nanoparticles and<br />

lowest for BaWO 4 nanoparticles, due to the so called hard-hard and soft-soft interactions.<br />

Extent of stabilization of ligands with SrWO 4 is in between that of CaWO 4 and BaWO 4 .<br />

Higher the extent of stabilization, lower will be the extent of growth and this result in smaller<br />

particles.<br />

TEM images of CaWO 4 , SrWO 4 and BaWO 4 nanomaterials are shown in Fig.107.<br />

CaWO 4 nanoparticles are relatively small with size in the range 5-10 nm and have uniform<br />

size distribution as can be seen in Fig.107 (a). The SAED pattern from these nanoparticles is<br />

shown in the inset of Fig.107 (a). The pattern consists of several rings, which are<br />

characteristic of very fine particles that are randomly oriented. HRTEM image of CaWO 4<br />

nanoparticles is shown in Fig.107 (b). Distance between lattice fringes is found to be 3.1 Å<br />

and this matches well with that of (112) plane of CaWO 4 . TEM image of SrWO 4<br />

nanoparticles is shown in Fig.107 (c). It is clear from the image that particles have<br />

homogeneous size distribution with sizes in the range of 15-25 nm. Corresponding SAED<br />

pattern is shown in the inset of Fig.107 (c), consists of both rings, and dots characteristic of<br />

nanocrystalline SrWO 4 phase with slight aggregation. TEM image of BaWO 4 nanoparticles is<br />

shown in Fig.107 (d). These particles are having rice shape with length around 500-1000 nm.<br />

SAED pattern from BaWO 4 nanoparticles is shown in the inset of Fig.107 (d) and the pattern<br />

mainly consists of dots and is characteristic of single crystalline nature of BaWO 4<br />

nanomaterials. Based on XRD and TEM studies it is inferred that CaWO 4 nanoparticles are<br />

extremely small in size compared to other two tungstates. It would be of interesting to assess<br />

the MWO 4 nanomaterials which can give optimum luminescence on lanthanide ion doping.<br />

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