Conversion of copper (II)-Bis(2-Thio-6-Picoline-N-Oxide) bulk chelate: [a] to nanochelate by micelle breaking route [b] to nano CuO by chelate thermolysis using designed experiments

► Synthesize of CuBTPNO bulk chelate Cu(II)-Bis(2-Thio-6-Picoline-N-Oxide). ► Preparation of CuBTPNO chelate nanoparticles using micelles breaking method. ► Thermolysis of CuBTPNO bulk chelate to take nano CuO crystallites. ► Characterization by methods such as XRD, SEM, DLLS, TGA and FT-IR. ► Optimization of preparation procedures by using Taguchi experimental designs.