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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 445-452Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2011.10.024
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Nanostructures; Chemical synthesis; Optical properties
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- UNAM-PAPIME [PE100509]
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The Zn1-xCoxAl2O4 system has been reported to show a blue color with particles sizes that range from 36 nm to 30 mu m. However, we have observed a pink color in this system with nanoparticles of an average size of 10 nm. Such differences in the optical properties of this nanosystem are related to the distribution of the cobalt cations in octahedral sites rather than in tetrahedral sites as in standard cobaltite spinels. The solid solution Zn(1-x)CQ(x)Al(2)O(4) (x = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1) was synthesized by a co-precipitation reaction from the metallic salts and subsequent calcinations. The color properties and the high thermal stability (1400 degrees C) of these nanostructures suggest that they have the potential to be applied as satisfactory ceramic pigments. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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