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    Resin-gel synthesis and characterisation of copper and titanium mixed metal oxides nanoparticles
    (2014-08-21) Dziike, Farai
    The resin-gel method of synthesis successfully produced compounds of mixed metal oxides of copper titanium oxide powders of the form CuxTiyOZ with different compositions. These include Cu3TiO5, Cu3TiO4, Ti3Cu3O, Cu2Ti4O, Cu2Ti2O5 and Cu2TiO3. Heat-treatment of the powders at 300°C, 500°C, 700°C and 900°C for 1 hour was performed to determine the full composition/temperature phase diagram. The target particle size was in the 10- nanometer range, and for most of the samples, this size was achieved. Powder xray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy were the main techniques used to study the crystallization of these materials and their transformation to other polymorphic phases under different temperatures. Phase-match, particle size analysis and TEM imaging determined the properties and characteristics of the respective crystallographic phases of these materials. TEM analysis showed that some powders agglomerated while others exhibited both regular and irregular morphologies and polydisperse particle size distribution. Only a single unique phase was identified, but its structure could not be determined.