Synthesis and Characterization of Pure Phase Zn(II) and Cd(II) Oxide Nanoparticles via Thermal Decomposition of Four New Zn(II) and Cd(II) Coordination Polymers

Abstract

Four new Zn(II) and Cd(II) coordination polymers, [Zn(2-AMP)2(N3)2]n (1), [Zn(2-AMP)2(SCN)2]n (2), [Cd(2-AMP)(N3)2]n (3) and [Cd(2-AMP)2(SCN)2]n (4) {2-AMP: 2-Aminomethylpyridine}, have been synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy and elemental analyses. The Zinc(II) oxide and Cadmium(II) oxide nano-particles have been synthesized from thermolysis of 1–4 at 600 °C under air atmosphere for 4 h. The ZnO and CdO nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). SEM images show the average size of produced ZnO and CdO nanoparticles are 60–70 nm in all compounds.