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Materials Physics and Chemistry (MPC) is an international journal which is devoted to the publication of cutting-edge articles on interrelationships among structure, properties, processing and performance of materials physics, materials chemistry and physical chemistry.

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    Article ID: 3527

    Multiple phases of nanocrystalline materials: Preparation with phase purity by a facile method and characterization

    by C. K. Mahadevan

    Materials Physics and Chemistry, Vol.6, No.1, 2024; 7 Views

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/mpc3527

    There are many solid materials existing as different structural and other phases (polymorphs), when prepared with different conditions; they exhibit different physicochemical properties. It is important to consider the preparation of all these crystalline phases (along with amorphous phase), at nanoscale, in their pure form by using facile and cost-effective methods. Our study with nickel sulphide is considered here to illustrate this. Nickel sulphide exhibits three prominent phases which are: α -NiS, β -NiS and NiS 1.03 . These crystalline (and amorphous NiS 1.03 ) nanophases along with doped α -NiS nanocrystals (doped with Cd 2+ , Fe 2+ and O 2− ) have been successfully prepared in high purity using a facile solvothermal route (with the use of commercially availabe microwave oven); and they were charcterized physicochemically (chemically, structurally, optically, magnetically and electrically) using available standard methods. Obtained results indicate that the facile method adopted for the preparation is found to be an effective and cost-effective one. The role of XRD and TG/DTA measurements is found to be important in this preparation. A brief review is made in this direction.

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