Optical measurements of ZnS nanoparticles aqueous solution

Myriam Moussaoui (1) , Rachida Saoudi (1) , I.V. Lesnichiy (2) , Alexandre.V Tishchenko (1)

1 LHC - Laboratoire Hubert Curien
2 MIPT - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology [Moscow]

We synthesized zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanopowders with size ranging from 2 to 100 nm by a simple, low-cost, and mass production chemical method. The nanoparticles (NPs) were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. Our study concerns also the change in the refractive index of deionized water in presence of ZnS nanospheres. We present experimental results on effective index variation of water dispersed ZnS NPs at different wavelengths in visible spectrum.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]; Materials; Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics

Myriam Moussaoui, Rachida Saoudi, I.V. Lesnichiy, Alexandre.V Tishchenko. Optical measurements of ZnS nanoparticles aqueous solution. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2011, 112 (11), pp.1792-1795. ⟨10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.02.006⟩. ⟨ujm-00600149⟩