Synthesis and Characterization of Barium Titanate and Carbon-based core-shell nanoparticles

Core-shell nanoparticles (CSNP) have diverse applications such as biology and electronic field of studies. Among so many oxide nanoparticles, Barium Titanate nanoparticles are of current interest due to their good electronic and ferroelectric properties. There are some studies based on the synthesis and characterization of oxide-oxide and oxide-sulfide based core-shell nanoparticles. Here we are trying to synthesize and characterize oxide-carbide based core-shell nanoparticles, where the core is made of Barium Titanate and the shell is made of Carbon. There are various synthesis approaches like hydrothermal synthesis, sol-gel method, emulsion polymerization etc to produce core-shell nanoparticles, here we have synthesized these core-shell nanoparticles with a unique method. The shell is made of Carbon which is a biocompatible element and it can be used as a connector between organic and inorganic materials. Shell made of carbon shows interesting optical properties and they can be useful for biosensing and optoelectronic applications. We used different methods like XRD, RAMAN, SEM, and TEM to characterize and analyze these CSNP. Some of the findings will be discussed here.