01662nas a2200277   4500008004100000022001400041245008000055210006900135260006900204300001200273490000800285520070500293653001100998653005301009653001501062653003501077653002301112100002101135700001901156700002201175700001501197700002301212700001701235700002101252856011101273       2012                        eng d  a0254-058400aConfinement of zinc oxide nanoparticles in ordered mesoporous silica MCM-410 aConfinement of zinc oxide nanoparticles in ordered mesoporous si  aPO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLANDbELSEVIER SCIENCE SAcAPR  a850-8560 v1333 a<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>10aDefect10aEnergy spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA)10aMesoporous10aPhotoluminescence spectroscopy10aSurface properties1 aLihitkar, P., B.1 aViolet, Samuel1 aShirolkar, Mandar1 aSingh, Jai1 aSrivastava, O., N.1 aNaik, R., H.1 aKulkarni, S., K.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/confinement-zinc-oxide-nanoparticles-ordered-mesoporous-silica-mcm-41-0