Nano ZnO structures synthesized in presence of anionic and cationic surfactant under hydrothermal process

Abstract

Uniform ZnO nano structures are synthesized in the presence of anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) and cationic surfactant, cetyl tri methyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) at 100 °C using NaOH as the reactant. The particle size, morphology and structure of the nano ZnO particles are collected by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra. Rod and cone shaped ZnO nano structure is observed. It may vary in morphology from pure ZnO structure due to the presence of surfactants. The results show that there is an extrinsic relation between the morphology of the samples. Based on the relation, we proposed that there might be two kinds of interactions between SDBS and CTAB with ZnO particles, i.e., inter- and intra-interactions.