Synthesis, textural and magnetic properties of doped and undoped CuO nanoparticles

We have fabricated undoped CuO, Co_0.1Ni_0.07Zn_0.04Cu_0.79O and Co_0.08Ni_0.07Zn_0.04Mg_0.03Cu_0.78O nanoparticles through thermal decomposition of their respective inorganic copper creatinate hydrazinate and mixed metal doped copper creatinate hydrazinate precursors which were prepared by the co-precipitation method and characterized through EDS, ICP-AES, IR, and TG-DTA analysis. Techniques such as EDS, ICP-AES, FT-IR, XRD, XPS, TEM, SEM, BET, and VSM analysis were employed to characterize the composition, structural phase, chemical state, morphological, textural, and magnetic properties of the nanoparticles.