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Growth, structural, optical, hardness and thermal studies of L-Arginine added TrisThiourea Zinc(II)Sulphate single crystals

K. KANAGASABAPATHY1,* , S. VETRIVEL2, R. RAJASEKARAN2

Affiliation

  1. P.G. & Research Department of Physics, A.A. Government Arts College, Villupuram-605 602, India
  2. P.G. & Research Department of Physics, Government Arts College, Tiruvannamalai-606 603, India

Abstract

Tristhiourea Zinc(II)Sulphate(ZTS) and L-Arginine added Tristhiourea Zinc(II)Sulphate compounds were synthesized and single crystals were grown by slow evaporation technique. The cell parameters of the grown crystals were evaluated by single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. The powder X-ray diffraction patterns were recorded and indexed for further confirmation of crystalline nature of grown crystals. The crystalline perfection has been identified by etching studies. The presence of functional groups in the crystals has been confirmed by FTIR analysis. UV-Visible absorption spectra have been recorded to find the cutoff wavelength of the grown crystals. TGA/DTA and DSC studies show the thermal behavior of the grown crystals. The microhardness studies on the crystal samples revealed that the hardness increases with applied load for all the grown crystals. From the values of work hardening coefficient, it is found that ZTS and L-Arginine added ZTS crystals belong to the soft category materials. The second harmonic generation in the grown crystals was confirmed by Kurtz Perry powder method using Nd:YAG laser..

Keywords

Growth from solution, X-ray diffraction, FTIR, Nonlinear material, Second Harmonic Generation.

Citation

K. KANAGASABAPATHY, S. VETRIVEL, R. RAJASEKARAN, Growth, structural, optical, hardness and thermal studies of L-Arginine added TrisThiourea Zinc(II)Sulphate single crystals, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 11-12, November-December 2012, pp.1118-1123 (2012).

Submitted at: June 10, 2012

Accepted at: Oct. 30, 2012