Moloto, NMpelane, SSikhwivhilu, LMRay, Suprakas S2013-01-282013-01-282012Moloto, N. et al. 2012. Optical and morphological properties of ZnO- and TiO2-derived nanostructures synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2012, article ID 189069, doi:10.1155/2012/1890691110-662Xhttp://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2012/189069/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6479Copyright: 2012 The authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.A microwave-assisted hydrothermal method was used to synthesize ZnO and TiO2 nanostructures. The experimental results show that the method resulted in crystalline monodispersed ZnO nanorods that have pointed tips with hexagonal crystal phase. TiO2 nanotubes were also formed with minimum bundles. The mechanism for the formation of the tubes was validated by HRTEM results. The optical properties of both ZnO and TiO2 nanostructures showed characteristics of strong quantum confinement regime. The photoluminescence spectrum of TiO2 nanotubes shows good improvement from previously reported data.enNanostructuresNanoparticlesHydrothermal methodsArticleMoloto, N., Mpelane, S., Sikhwivhilu, L., & Ray, S. S. (2012). Optical and morphological properties of ZnO- and TiO2-derived nanostructures synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6479Moloto, N, S Mpelane, LM Sikhwivhilu, and Suprakas S Ray "Optical and morphological properties of ZnO- and TiO2-derived nanostructures synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method." (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6479Moloto N, Mpelane S, Sikhwivhilu L, Ray SS. Optical and morphological properties of ZnO- and TiO2-derived nanostructures synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6479.TY - Article AU - Moloto, N AU - Mpelane, S AU - Sikhwivhilu, LM AU - Ray, Suprakas S AB - A microwave-assisted hydrothermal method was used to synthesize ZnO and TiO2 nanostructures. The experimental results show that the method resulted in crystalline monodispersed ZnO nanorods that have pointed tips with hexagonal crystal phase. TiO2 nanotubes were also formed with minimum bundles. The mechanism for the formation of the tubes was validated by HRTEM results. The optical properties of both ZnO and TiO2 nanostructures showed characteristics of strong quantum confinement regime. The photoluminescence spectrum of TiO2 nanotubes shows good improvement from previously reported data. DA - 2012 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Nanostructures KW - Nanoparticles KW - Hydrothermal methods LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 1110-662X T1 - Optical and morphological properties of ZnO- and TiO2-derived nanostructures synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method TI - Optical and morphological properties of ZnO- and TiO2-derived nanostructures synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6479 ER -