Synthesis, Structural and Optical Characterization of Copper and Rare Earth doped CdS Nanoparticles.

Cadmium sulphide (CdS) nanoparticles doped with Cu(2+) and co-doped with rare earth metallic ions (RE3(+)) have been synthesized by co-precipitation method. The synthesized nanoparticles were been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction studies (PXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), particle size by dynamic light scattering (DLS), UV-visible spectroscopy (UV), and photoluminescence (PL) studies. It is observed that CdS nanoparticles can be co-doped with copper and rare earth metallic ions without altering XRD pattern as indicated by X-ray diffraction results.

Surfactant Assisted Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Gadolinium Doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles.

Pure and Gd doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized by sonochemical method using different surfactants (PVP/CTAB). The nanoparticles were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), particle size analysis by DLS technique and UV-Visible spectroscopy. The effect of Gd doping and nature of surfactants on crystallite size, morphology and band gap of ZnO nanoparticles have been investigated.