Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning

Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning

A novel approach for synthesizing copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles (NPs) through electrospinning is reported. The approach is based on producing rough and discontinuous electrospun nanofibers from a precursor based on copper acetate salt and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer. Selectively removing the...

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Main Authors: Abdullah Khalil, Mustapha Jouiad, Marwan Khraisheh, Raed Hashaikeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/438407
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spelling doaj-080515a9b9ee48b68929b084743728202020-11-25T01:11:54ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Nanomaterials1687-41101687-41292014-01-01201410.1155/2014/438407438407Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via ElectrospinningAbdullah Khalil0Mustapha Jouiad1Marwan Khraisheh2Raed Hashaikeh3Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 54224, Abu Dhabi, UAEDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 54224, Abu Dhabi, UAEQatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar Foundation, Doha, QatarDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 54224, Abu Dhabi, UAEA novel approach for synthesizing copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles (NPs) through electrospinning is reported. The approach is based on producing rough and discontinuous electrospun nanofibers from a precursor based on copper acetate salt and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer. Selectively removing the polymeric phase from the fibers produced highly rough CuO nanofibers, which were composed of NPs that are weakly held together in a one-dimensional (1D) manner. Sonication in a suitable liquid under controlled conditions completely disintegrated the nanofibers into NPs, resulting in the formation of uniform CuO NPs suspension. Aberration corrected high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) showed that the obtained NPs are highly crystalline and nearly sphere-like with a diameter of 30 to 70 nm. Thus, electrospinning, which is a low cost and industrially scalable technique, can also be employed for economic and large scale synthesis of NPs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/438407
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author Abdullah Khalil
Mustapha Jouiad
Marwan Khraisheh
Raed Hashaikeh
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Mustapha Jouiad
Marwan Khraisheh
Raed Hashaikeh
Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning
Journal of Nanomaterials
author_facet Abdullah Khalil
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Marwan Khraisheh
Raed Hashaikeh
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title Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning
title_short Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning
title_full Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning
title_fullStr Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning
title_full_unstemmed Facile Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles via Electrospinning
title_sort facile synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles via electrospinning
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Journal of Nanomaterials
issn 1687-4110
1687-4129
publishDate 2014-01-01
description A novel approach for synthesizing copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles (NPs) through electrospinning is reported. The approach is based on producing rough and discontinuous electrospun nanofibers from a precursor based on copper acetate salt and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer. Selectively removing the polymeric phase from the fibers produced highly rough CuO nanofibers, which were composed of NPs that are weakly held together in a one-dimensional (1D) manner. Sonication in a suitable liquid under controlled conditions completely disintegrated the nanofibers into NPs, resulting in the formation of uniform CuO NPs suspension. Aberration corrected high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) showed that the obtained NPs are highly crystalline and nearly sphere-like with a diameter of 30 to 70 nm. Thus, electrospinning, which is a low cost and industrially scalable technique, can also be employed for economic and large scale synthesis of NPs.
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