Morphology Controlled Electrolytical Method of Preparation of Copper Nanoparticles with Various Capping Agents
Govinda Raj Usha1, Jamuna Kannan2, Narayanan Selvapalam3, Ramesh Prakash4, Lakshmi Narayanan Piramuthu5
1Govinda Raj Usha, Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
2Jamuna Kannan, Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
3Narayanan Selvapalam, Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
4Ramesh Prakash, Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
5Lakshmi Narayanan Piramuthu, Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 01 December 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 19 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 31 December 2019 | PP: 496-499 | Volume-8 Issue-4S2 December 2019 | Retrieval Number: D11601284S219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.D1160.1284S219
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Abstract: Morphology controlled copper nanoparticles synthesis has been carried out by electrolytical method with various capping agents such as ethanediol, DMF and milk, The results of these nanoparticles are compared with the nanoparticles that we obtained without any capping agents. The morphological variations have been monitored by the SEM. Interestingly, this electrolytical synthetic route produced many different morphologies depending on the capping agents or hydrophobic envirnoment. We believe that hydrophilic or the hydrophobic environment may the deciding factor for the determination of the morphology and our hypothesis has been examined using hydrophilic ethandiol and DMF and with hydrophobic milk. Both ethandiol and DMF produced grapes like structure, while the milk produced multifaceted crystalline structures as confirmed by the SEM. In conclusion, natural sources such as milk produced uniform sized microparticles with many interesting features.
Keywords: Electrolytical Synthesis, Copper Nanoparticles, Capping Agents, Nanowires.
Scope of the Article: Bio-Science and Bio-Technology