The Physics Society of Iran Iranian Journal of Physics Research 1682-6957 20 4 2021 02 19 New Methode for Synthesis of PbO Nano-Rods and its application in ionizing radiation shielding New Methode for Synthesis of PbO Nano-Rods and its application in ionizing radiation shielding 649 655 1656 10.47176/ijpr.20.4.38211 FA S Yazdani Darki Nuclear Physics Division, Physics Department, University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran‎ M Eslami-Kalantari Nuclear Physics Division, Physics Department, University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran‎ H Zare Solid State Physics Division, Physics Department, University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran‎ Journal Article 2019 06 25 We successfully synthesized PbO nanorods by a simple and low-cost approach using Pb(CH₃COO)₂.3H₂O, NaOH as the starting materials without any surfactants in water media at room temperature. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–Vis), and photoluminescence spectrophotometer (PL) were used to characterize the samples. The prepared nanorods had the average diameter of about 40 nm, the average length of about 6 µm and the average crystallite size of about 57 nm. PbO nanorods showed good gamma and beta attenuation; so,  they could be considered as a potential candidate for radiation shielding. We successfully synthesized PbO nanorods by a simple and low-cost approach using Pb(CH₃COO)₂.3H₂O, NaOH as the starting materials without any surfactants in water media at room temperature. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–Vis), and photoluminescence spectrophotometer (PL) were used to characterize the samples. The prepared nanorods had the average diameter of about 40 nm, the average length of about 6 µm and the average crystallite size of about 57 nm. PbO nanorods showed good gamma and beta attenuation; so,  they could be considered as a potential candidate for radiation shielding. https://ijpr.iut.ac.ir/article_1656_712a3c9878efeae8ff06d57432016ceb.pdf