ABSTRACT: Sodium lauryl sulphate was successfully employed as a capping agent in the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles. Solvothermal technique was used to synthesize the ZnO nanoparticles. The technique involved the thermal decomposition of Zinc acetate dehydrate in diethylene glycol containing sodium lauryl sulphate used for capping. Raman spectroscopy revealed that the ZnO nanoparticles produced has wurtzite hexagonal structure with good crystallinity and stability. The Z-average diameter and polydispersity index (PdI) obtained with cumulants fit error of 0.00281 indicate that the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles were of good size quality and monodisperse. The size distribution by volume specified that ZnO nanoparticles dominant in the sample were 722.3nm in diameter and occupied 68.5% of the entire volume. In size distribution by intensity, the prominent particles were 523.1nm in diameter with 66.3% of the total volume. Based on the results, sodium lauryl sulphate is a good capping material for solvothermal synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles
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