Title: Effects of milling time on the formation of nanocrystalline ZnO

Authors: O.M. Lemine, A. Alyamani, M. Bououdina

Addresses: Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Al-Imam University, P.O.B 90950 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ' National Nanotechnology Research Centre, KACST, P.O.B 6086, 11442 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ' Physics Department, College of Sciences, University of Bahrain, P.O.B 32038, Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract: The effects of milling times on the mechanically milled ZnO powder are presented in this work. The milled powders are analysed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). In order to quantify these effects, analysis by the Rietveld method is carried out. It is shown that the application of mechanical milling is a simple technique to produce nanocrystalline powder. A clear reduction of grain size with an increase of microstrain and lattice parameters is observed with increasing milling time.

Keywords: ZnO nanoparticles; Rietveld; X-ray diffraction; XRD; nanocrystalline zinc oxide; milling times; grain size; microstrain; lattice parameters; nanotechnology; scanning electron microscopy; SEM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2009.028735

International Journal of Nanoparticles, 2009 Vol.2 No.1/2/3/4/5/6, pp.238-243

Published online: 30 Sep 2009 *

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