Polarity in ZnO nanowires: A critical issue for piezotronic and piezoelectric devices

V Consonni, AM Lord - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The polar and piezoelectric nature of the wurtzite structure of ZnO nanowires with a high
aspect ratio at nanoscale dimensions is of high interest for piezotronic and piezoelectric …

Growth of nanowires

N Wang, Y Cai, RQ Zhang - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
The tremendous interest in nanoscale structures such as quantum dots (zero-dimension)
and wires (quasi-one-dimension) stems from their size-dependent properties. One …

Gas sensing applications of 1D-nanostructured zinc oxide: Insights from density functional theory calculations

MJS Spencer - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Gas sensor devices have traditionally comprised thin films of metal oxides, with tin oxide,
zinc oxide and indium oxide being some of the most common materials employed. With the …

Semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes: Effects of size and surface-to-volume ratio

H Pan, YP Feng - ACS nano, 2008 - ACS Publications
The electronic properties of semiconductor (SiC, GaN, BN, ZnO, ZnS, and CdS) nanowires
and nanotubes were investigated using first-principles calculations based on density …

Toward an accurate density-functional tight-binding description of zinc-containing compounds

NH Moreira, G Dolgonos, B Aradi… - Journal of chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
An extended self-consistent charge density-functional tight-binding (SCC-DFTB)
parametrization for Zn− X (X= H, C, N, O, S, and Zn) interactions has been derived. The …

Geometry and diameter dependence of the electronic and physical properties of GaN nanowires from first principles

DJ Carter, JD Gale, B Delley, C Stampfl - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2008 - APS
We present a comprehensive first-principles investigation of the atomic and electronic
structures of gallium nitride nanowires, and examine the dependence on nanowire diameter …

Hydroxyl identification on ZnO by infrared spectroscopies: theory and experiments

F Vines, A Iglesias-Juez, F Illas… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Herein, we present a thorough density functional study combining experiments on ZnO
nanostructures aimed at the identification, by means of infrared (IR) spectroscopies, of …

Size-and surface-dependent stability, electronic properties, and potential as chemical sensors: computational studies on one-dimensional ZnO nanostructures

Z Zhou, Y Li, L Liu, Y Chen, SB Zhang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The structures and electronic properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) one-dimensional (1D)
nanostructures, including nanowires with hexagonal or triangular cross sections, faceted …

Hydrogen and oxygen adsorption on ZnO nanowires: A first-principles study

H Xu, W Fan, AL Rosa, RQ Zhang, T Frauenheim - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
We employ first-principles calculations to investigate the structural stability and electronic
properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires adsorbed with different chemical functional groups …

Theoretical investigation of the effects of doping on the electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of ZnO nanowires

C Wang, Y Wang, G Zhang, C Peng… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The effects of doping ZnO nanowires with Al, Ga and Sb on their electronic structure and
thermoelectric properties are investigated by first-principles calculations. We find that the …