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% Sm^3+: ZnO	25.7	44.3	27	0.00141	0.001527
3% Sm^3+: ZnO	25.9	44.1	28	0.00139	0.001497
5% Sm^3+: ZnO	25.3	44.7	24	0.00141	0.001567
7% Sm^3+: ZnO	25.6	44.3	26	0.00139	0.001539