Table 2 FTIR assignments of ZnO QDs.

From: Antibacterial and biocompatibility potentials of zinc oxide quantum dots via Nd: YAG laser ablation

Assignment

Wavenumber (cm⁻¹)

Reference

O–H stretching vibration

~ 3400

18

Zn–O vibration

~ 510

20

Zn–O vibration

~ 470

20

C–O vibration

~ 1570

19

C = O vibration

~ 1400

19