Akgul, Funda Aksoy2019-08-012019-08-0120161359-83681879-1069https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.02.015https://hdl.handle.net/11480/3663In this study, pure phase titanium (Ti) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposites were successfully synthesized through facile and effective high energy ball-milling method using suitable precursors. Different Ti concentrations (Zn1-xTixO, x = 0, 0.03, 0.05 and 0.1) were doped into ZnO. Detailed crystal and local atomic structures of synthesized samples were characterized via X-ray diffraction (XRD) and non-destructive synchrotron based X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Obtained results revealed that substitution of Zn sites by Ti ions in Zn1-xTixO did not cause any alteration in the hexagonal wurtzite phase of ZnO with increasing doping concentrations. This study clearly suggests that ball-milling is a quite simple, cost effective, eco-friendly method to synthesize highly crystalline nanosized Ti doped ZnO composites for future nanotechnological applications, spintronic devices in particular. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessNano-structuresMicrostructuresPowder processingArticle9158959410.1016/j.compositesb.2016.02.0152-s2.0-84959311454Q1WOS:000374075100061Q1