Analysis of the Nd dopant on optical, dielectric and biological properties of ZnO nanostructures.

The effect of neodymium (Nd) on ZnO thin films has been studied with varying Nd doping percentage ranging from 1 to 5 wt%. XRD graphs confirmed that Nd ions have incorporated into the ZnO lattice without any structural modification. The increase of crystallite size was observed to vary from 27.

Biological and optical properties of sol-gel derived ZnO using different percentages of silver contents.

The role of Ag dopant on ZnO thin films are studied. Ag doped ZnO thin films were deposited by sol-gel dip coating on glass substrates. The X-ray diffraction analysis shows hexagonal wurtzite with preferred orientation along the (101) plane.