Photonic crystals in biology
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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />
Theme A1 - B702<br />
A rapid synthesis and charac terization of nano-crystall<strong>in</strong>e CoCr 2 O<br />
4<br />
Figen Kurtulus<br />
1 and Gulsah Celik 2 *<br />
1 Balikesir University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, Balikesir 10145, Turkey<br />
2 Balikesir University, Science Institute, Balikesir 10145, Turkey<br />
Abstract- Nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e cobalt chromite (CoCr 2 O 4 ) was synthesized by rapid microwave method us<strong>in</strong>g Cr(NO 3 ) 3·9H 2 O and<br />
Co(NO 3 ) 2·6H 2 O raw materials with molar ratio 1:2. The synthesized product was characterization by powder X-ray diffraction and Fourier<br />
Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e CoCr 2 O 4 (ICDD Card no:78-0711) crystallizes <strong>in</strong> the face-centered cubic system, space<br />
group Fd 3 m (227), with cell parametres a = 8.334 Å and V = 578.97 Å 3 . The cristall<strong>in</strong>e gra<strong>in</strong> size of CoCr 2 O 4 was calculated as 83,5 nm<br />
by Debye Scherrer Formula.<br />
In recent years, sp<strong>in</strong>el-type oxides based on 3d<br />
transitation metals have been the subject of <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
fundamental and applied research because of their catalytic<br />
properties [1,2]. Sp<strong>in</strong>els are represented by the Formula<br />
AB 2 O 4 , <strong>in</strong> which A ions are generally divalent cations<br />
occupy<strong>in</strong>g tetrahedral sites and B ions are trivalent cations<br />
<strong>in</strong> octahedral sites; this is the structure of most chromites<br />
[3]. On the other hand, magmetism of small particles has<br />
generated <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terest due to their unique magnetic<br />
properties as well as their technological applications [4-7].<br />
CoCr 2 O 4 , has been widely used as dye, catalyst and<br />
substrate for film growth [8]. However, few articles have<br />
reported the synthesis and magnetic of CoCr 2 O 4<br />
nanocrystallites [9]. Synthesis of nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e cobalt<br />
chromite by different route like co-precipitation method,<br />
thermolysis of polymer-metal complex precursor at a high<br />
temperature for a long time or at low temperature for a<br />
relatively short time have been attempted <strong>in</strong> the literature<br />
[9,10]. The goal of this study is to synthesis<br />
nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e Co Cr 2 O 4 by an alternatie and relatively<br />
new microwave asisted method and <strong>in</strong>vestigate its<br />
structural properties<br />
A rapid synthesis route of nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e CoCr 2 O 4 is as<br />
follows: Cr(NO 3 ) 3·9H 2 O and Co(NO 3 ) 2·6H 2 O were<br />
grounded <strong>in</strong> a agate mortar <strong>in</strong> a 1:2 molar ratio, and<br />
transfer <strong>in</strong>to a porcela<strong>in</strong> crucible <strong>in</strong> powder form and<br />
subjected to microwave treatment <strong>in</strong> a domestic<br />
microwave oven (2.45 GHz, 750 W). The f<strong>in</strong>al product<br />
was homogenized. Structural properties of the material<br />
was determ<strong>in</strong>ed by XRD (PANanalytical X’Pert PRO).<br />
Fig. 1. shows the XRD pattern of synthesized product.<br />
Comparison of the XRD pattern with the Standard ICDD<br />
result <strong>in</strong> corresponds to CoCr 2 O 4 (ICDD Cart no:78-<br />
0711). The broad XRD l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong>dicate that the product is <strong>in</strong><br />
the range of nanosize. Few characteristic peaks of<br />
impurities, <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g other forms of cobalt oxide (ICDD<br />
Cart no:72-1474), CoO, were detected.<br />
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KT-MD29-2030<br />
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+<br />
+<br />
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20 30 40 50 60 70<br />
2 theta(degree)<br />
Figure 1. XRD pattern of CoCr 2 O 4<br />
FT-IR analysis performed for p repared sample and<br />
spectra are presented <strong>in</strong> Fig. 2. Two significant peaks<br />
are<br />
observed <strong>in</strong> the range of 400-650 cm<br />
for the sample; the<br />
vibration frequency at 648,31 cm -1 is characteristic Co-Ostretch<strong>in</strong>g<br />
modes <strong>in</strong> tetrahedral sites, whereas vibration<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+ CoCr 2O 4<br />
* CoO<br />
* + +<br />
* +<br />
551,32 cm -1 corresponds to the Cr-O <strong>in</strong> an octahedral<br />
environment. The absorption band observed at ~ 1650 cm -1<br />
prove the presence of absorbed water on the surface of the<br />
nano<strong>crystals</strong>.<br />
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Figure 2. FT-IR spectrum of CoCr 2 O 4<br />
In summary, Co Cr 2 O 4 nanoparticles were successfully<br />
prepared by a rapid microwave method. Nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />
CoCr 2 O 4 (ICDD Card no:78-0711) crystallizes <strong>in</strong> the facecentered<br />
cubic system, space group Fd3<br />
m (227), with cell<br />
parametres a = 8.334 Å and V = 578.97 Å 3 . Average<br />
particle size was calculated from XRD pattern by Debye<br />
Scherrer Formula [11]. Scherrer demonstrated <strong>in</strong> 1918 that<br />
the size of a diffract<strong>in</strong>g crystallite is directly related to the<br />
width of the X-ray diffraction peaks aris<strong>in</strong>g from its<br />
crystall<strong>in</strong>e structure. For crystallite sizes less than about<br />
100 nm, this size-<strong>in</strong>duced peak-broaden<strong>in</strong>g effect may be<br />
measured accurately enough to deduce an average gra<strong>in</strong><br />
size <strong>in</strong> the sample. The gra<strong>in</strong> size (D) of the CoCr 2 O 4 was<br />
calculated as 83,5 nm. The result shows that the crystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />
gra<strong>in</strong> size of the CoCr 2 O 4 has <strong>in</strong> the range of nano<br />
extension.<br />
*Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author : 0Tgulsahcelik@bau.edu.tr<br />
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