Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-Sized Zirconia Powder Synthesized by Single Emulsion-Assisted Direct Precipitation

For the first time, single reverse microemulsion-assisted direct precipitation route has been successfully used to synthesize tetragonal zirconia nanoparticles in narrow size range. The synthesized powder was characterized using FT-IR, XRD and HRTEM techniques. The zirconia nanoparticles obtained were spherical in shape and has narrow particle size distribution in the range of 13–31 nm and crystallite size in the range of 13–23 nm