1. Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Stabilized Copper Nanoparticles.
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Musa, Aminu, Ahmad, Mansor B., Hussein, Mohd Zobir, Mohd Izham, Saiman, Shameli, Kamyar, and Abubakar Sani, Hannatu
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NANOCRYSTALS ,NANOPARTICLE synthesis ,CELLULOSE ,COPPER salts ,CHEMICAL reduction ,AQUEOUS solutions ,CHEMICAL precursors ,X-ray diffraction - Abstract
A chemical reduction method was employed for the synthesis of copper nanoparticles stabilized by nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) using different concentrations of copper salt in aqueous solution under atmospheric air. CuSO
4 ·5H2 O salt and hydrazine were used as metal ion precursor and reducing agent, respectively. Ascorbic acid and aqueous NaOH were also used as an antioxidant and a pH moderator, respectively. The number of CuNPs increased with increasing concentration of the precursor salt. The formation of copper nanoparticles stabilized by NCC (CuNPs@NCC) was investigated by UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), where the surface absorption maximum was observed at 590 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that the CuNPs@NCC are of a face-centered cubic structure. Moreover, the morphology of the CuNPs@NCC was investigated using transmission electron microscope (TEM) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), which showed well-dispersed CuNPs with an average particle size less than 4 nm and the shape of CuNPs was found to be spherical. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope (EDS) also confirmed the presence of CuNPs on the NCC. The results demonstrate that the stability of CuNPs decreases with an increasing concentration of the copper ions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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