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Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminium doped Zinc Oxide (AZO) Nanocomposites - A Review

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Physics, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, India
  • 2Department of Physics, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, India
  • 3Department of Physics, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, India

Res.J.chem.sci., Volume 6, Issue (12), Pages 59-61, December,18 (2016)

Abstract

Aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO) nanoparticles can be called a multifunctional material because of its unique physical and chemical properties. The present review broadly divided in to three main sections, namely introduction, literature survey and selection of problem followed by methodology. The introduction of review comprises summary of physical properties and its importance for modern application. Whereas, literature survey section gives idea about various routes for preparation of AZO nanoparticles. By analysing some recent report in literature, we will plane to synthesize AZO nanoparticles by co-precipitation method at low temperature.

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