the effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate (sds) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (ctab) on the properties of zno synthesized by hydrothermal method的十二烷基硫酸钠(sds)和cetyltrimethylammonium溴铵(ctab)氧化锌的性质由水热方法合成.pdf

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13, 13275-13293; doi:10.3390/ijms131013275 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Molecular Sciences ISSN 1422-0067 /journal/ijms Article The Effect of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) and Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB) on the Properties of ZnO Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method Donya Ramimoghadam 1, Mohd Zobir Bin Hussein 2,* and Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap 2 1 Advanced Material and Nanotechnology Laboratory (AMNL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mail: dona_textile1984@ 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mail: yap@.my * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: mzobir@.my; Tel.: +603-8946-7547. Received: 23 July 2012; in revised form: 16 September 2012 / Accepted: 17 September 2012 / Published: 16 October 2012 Abstract: ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by hydrothermal method using different molar ratios of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as structure directing agents. The effect of surfactants on the morphology of the ZnO crystals was investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The results indicate that the mixture of cationic-anionic surfactants can significantly modify the s