title: Photoluminescence of ZnO nanoparticles prepared by laser ablation in different surfactant solutions.
abstract: ZnO nanoparticles were prepared by laser ablation of a zinc metal plate in a liquid environment using different surfactant (cationic, anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic) solutions. The nanoparticles were obtained in deionized water and in all surfactant solutions except the anionic surfactant solution. The average particle size and the standard deviation of particle size decreased with increasing amphoteric and nonionic surfactant concentrations. With the increase of the amphoteric surfactant concentration, the intensity of the defect emission caused by oxygen vacancies of ZnO rapidly decreased, while the exciton emission intensity increased. This indicates that anionic oxygen in the amphoteric surfactant molecules effectively occupied the oxygen vacancy sites at the ZnO nanoparticle surface due to charge matching with the positively charged ZnO nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Nanoarchitectonics Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koshizaki
mesh_terms: D007834:Lasers; D049449:Luminescence; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010316:Particle Size; D010777:Photochemistry; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014867:Water; D015034:Zinc Oxide