@article { ISI:000303281500046,
	title = {Confinement of zinc oxide nanoparticles in ordered mesoporous silica MCM-41},
	journal = {Materials Chemistry and Physics},
	volume = {133},
	number = {2-3},
	year = {2012},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {850-856},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA},
	address = {PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Mesoporous silica (MS) and zinc loaded MS composites have been synthesized and characterized using high resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-visible spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Thermal treatment of the zinc loaded MS composite lead to the formation of ZnO-MS composite. The well ordered uniform pore structure of MS (pore size similar to 3.4 nm) is found to remain stable even after 30\% Zn loading albeit decrease in the pore size 1.2 nm indicates the formation of ZnO inside the pores. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Defect, Energy spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), Mesoporous, Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Surface properties},
	issn = {0254-0584},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.01.106},
	author = {Lihitkar, P. B. and Violet, Samuel and Shirolkar, Mandar and Singh, Jai and Srivastava, O. N. and Naik, R. H. and Kulkarni, S. K.}
}
