title: Wet-chemical synthesis of crystalline BaTiO3 from stable chelated titanium complex: formation mechanism and dispersibility in organic solvents.
abstract: Crystalline barium titanate nanoparticles were synthesized in solution at low temperature (70 degrees C) from acetylacetone chelated titanium complex and barium hydroxide. Very fine crystalline solids were characterized to cubic phase of BaTiO(3) by X-ray diffraction studies of the air-dried samples. It was observed that the crystalline barium titanate was formed in solution at Ba/Ti molar ratio > or =2.5. The dependence of the reaction temperature and the Ba(OH)(2) concentration (in terms of Ba/Ti molar ratio) on formation of crystalline BaTiO(3) in solution-phase was studied, and a plausible mechanism toward the formation of crystalline BaTiO(3) was also proposed. Crystallite sizes of the BaTiO(3) were found to be in the range 33-50 nm, while the average particle sizes, measured by dynamic light scattering method were in the range 70-100 nm. The crystalline BaTiO(3) prepared from acetylacetone chelated titanium complex was highly dispersible in organic medium such as N-methyl-2-pyrillidone (NMP) and N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF).
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 100 Jang Dong, Yuseong Gu, Daejon 305-600, South Korea.
authors.forename: Nimai Chand
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Pramanik
authors.forename: Sang Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.forename: Bok Yeop
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ahn