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Carbonate-Free Strontium Titanium Oxide Nanosized Crystals with Tailored Morphology: Facile Synthesis, Characterization, and Formation Mechanism

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The current study aims to investigate the synthesis and formation mechanism of the carbonate-free strontium titanium oxide nanosized crystals. Monosized strontium titanium oxide nanocrystals with tailored morphology have been successfully synthesized using a novel facile synthesis pathway. The synthesis method is based on an ultrasound-assisted wet chemical processing method. Nanocrystals are characterized and observed by X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy techniques. It was found that the ultrasonication accelerates the formation of stoichiometric strontium titanium oxide nanocrystals. Furthermore, the results show that very fine nanocrystals with an average size of about 4.8 nm and a narrow size distribution are obtained when ultrasonication is applied to the reaction mixture. As the most important outcome of this research, carbonate-free strontium titanium oxide nanocrystals are synthesized at a very low temperature of 323 K (50 °C). This temperature is much lower than the temperature required for synthesis of strontium titanium oxide nanocrystals in the similar works. This advantage has been reached, thanks to the applied modifications leading to complete removal of carbon from reaction mixture during synthesis. Moreover, formation mechanism of the nanocrystals synthesized in this work is disclosed.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 313, Dezful, Iran

    Rouholah Ashiri (Lecturer) & Abdolmajid Moghtada (Graduate Student)

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Ashiri, R., Moghtada, A. Carbonate-Free Strontium Titanium Oxide Nanosized Crystals with Tailored Morphology: Facile Synthesis, Characterization, and Formation Mechanism. Metall Mater Trans B 45, 1979–1986 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-014-0213-x

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