Research Article
Green-Synthesized Sm3+-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Applications
Table 1
Estimated crystallite parameters of prepared materials.
| Nanocomposite | Crystallite size by Scherrer equation (nm) | Crystallite size by WH plots (nm) | Crystallite size by size-strainplots (nm) | Dislocation density (δ) | Strain (Ɛ) |
| ZnO | 25.6 | 44.1 | 28 | 0.00140 | 0.001539 | 1% Sm3+: ZnO | 25.7 | 44.3 | 27 | 0.00141 | 0.001527 | 3% Sm3+: ZnO | 25.9 | 44.1 | 28 | 0.00139 | 0.001497 | 5% Sm3+: ZnO | 25.3 | 44.7 | 24 | 0.00141 | 0.001567 | 7% Sm3+: ZnO | 25.6 | 44.3 | 26 | 0.00139 | 0.001539 |
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