The Open Surface Science Journal

2009, 1 : 34-39
Published online 2009 June 18. DOI: 10.2174/1876531900901010034
Publisher ID: TOSURSJ-1-34

Fabrication of Nanoparticles of Barium Carbonate/Oxalate Using Reverse Micelle Technique

Poonam Sharma and H.S Virk
Nanotechnology Laboratory, DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kabir Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab – 144008, India.

ABSTRACT

Nanoparticles of barium carbonate/oxalate have been synthesized in situ from barium nitrate and ammonium carbonate/oxalate by reverse micelle method. These particles were characterized using transmission electron microscope (TEM), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The results indicate that rod-like barium carbonate (BaCO3) and spherical barium oxalate (BaC2O4) nanoparticles can be fabricated with high crystallinity.