Water soluble sodium sulfate nanorods as a versatile template for the designing of copper sulfide nanotubes.

Water soluble sodium sulfate nanorods as a versatile template for the designing of copper sulfide nanotubes.

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology (2014-04-18)

Gautam Das, Nitul Kakati, Seok Hee Lee, Niranjan Karak, Young Soo Yoon

ABSTRACT

The present study reports the use of water soluble sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) nanorods as a versatile template for generation of tubular copper sulfide (CuS) nanostructures. The Na2SO4 nanorods were synthesized from ammonium sulfate (NH4)2SO4 and sodium hydroxide (NaOH), under refluxing condition. The shape and morphology control of the Na2SO4 nanorods were studied with respect to nature of surfactant used and reactant mole ratio. While, PVP mole ratio was important to obtain homogeneous nanorods. Uniform and stable nanotubes of CuS were than obtained by the dissolution of the nanorods in water. The use of simple chemicals for synthesis of such nanotube templates opens the prospect for wide scale downstream applications.

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