Sonochemical synthesis of a new nano-scale 1D copper organic coordination polymer; Thermal and spectroscopic characterizations

Abstract

Single crystal of a new one-dimensional copper organic coordination polymer, 1D-CuOCP, [Cu(HL)NO3]n (1) (H2L = [2-[1-(2-hydroxy-propylimino)-ethyl]-phenol]) and its nanostructure, have been synthesized by slow evaporation of methanol solution of compound (1) and sonochemical process respectively. Nanostructure of the complex was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), FT-IR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the structure of compound 1 was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Thermal stability of compound 1 in its nanosize form has also been studied by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The effect of concentration of initial reagents on size and morphology of nanostructured compound 1 has been examined. The brightness of this study is to use the nanostructure of 1D-CuOCP as precursor to prepare single phase CuO nanoparticles via a solid-state decomposition procedure. Characterization methods confirmed that CuO nanoparticles with an average diameter of 40 nm were obtained from direct calcination of the precursor at 500°C under air. © 2016 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.