Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of CaSO4 pseudomicrorods

Nagabhushana, H and Nagaraju, G and Nagabhushana, BM and Shivakumara, C and Chakradhar, RPS (2010) Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of CaSO4 pseudomicrorods. In: Philosophical Magazine Letters, 90 (4). pp. 289-298.

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Abstract

Calcium sulphate (CaSO4) pseudomicrorods have been synthesized by alow-temperature hydrothermal method using CaSO4 powder as a precursor and hexadecylamine as a surfactant at 180 degrees C for at different intervals of time. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern indicates that the as-formed pseudomicrorods are of orthorhombic phase with lattice parameters a = 7.0023(4) angstrom, b = 6.9939(5) angstrom and c = 6.2434(4) angstrom. Scanning electron microscopy images show that the pseudomicrorods have diameters of about 0.2-2.5 mm and lengths of about 2-10 mm. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy shows a strong doublet near 609 and 681 cm(-1) arising from nu(4) (SO42) bending vibrations. The strongest band observed at 1132 cm(-1) is associated with nu(3) (SO42-) stretching vibrations. The band near 420-450 cm(-1) is attributed to nu(2) (SO42-) bending vibrations. The Raman spectrum exhibits an intense peak at 1008 cm(-1) associated with the SO42- mode. The photoluminescence spectrum exhibits UV bands (330, 350 nm), strong green bands (402, 436 nm) and weak blue bands (503 nm). A widening of the optical band gap was observed as the particle size decreased.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Taylor and Francis Group.
Keywords:	hydrothermal; CaSO4 pseudomicrorods; FT-IR; Raman spectroscopy; photoluminescence
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2010 09:31
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:59
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/27113

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