ZnO nanostructures–Future frontiers in photocatalysis, solar cells, sensing, supercapacitor, fingerprint technologies, toxicity, and clinical diagnostics

AA Ansari, R Lv, S Gai, AK Parchur, PR Solanki… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Zinc is the most abundant and broadly studied metal oxide semiconductor. Its photophysical
properties include optical, electrical, magnetic, catalytic, sensing, energy storage …

A mini review on the excellent nanostructures in electrochemical energy storage and conversion

X Xu, S Cai, X Song, Y Zhao, G Zhou, Y Liu - Nano, 2022 - World Scientific
Electrochemical energy storage and conversion have been in a significant position for
meeting the increasing demand for the development of the society. The design and …

Synthesis of vertically aligned ZnO nanorods using sol-gel seeding and colloidal lithography patterning

E Chalangar, O Nur, M Willander, A Gustafsson… - Nanoscale Research …, 2021 - Springer
Different ZnO nanostructures can be grown using low-cost chemical bath deposition.
Although this technique is cost-efficient and flexible, the final structures are usually randomly …

A novel gas-phase mono and bimetallic clusters decorated Zno nanorods electrochemical sensor for 4-aminophenol detection

G Fiaschi, S Cosentino, R Pandey, S Mirabella… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
aminophenol (pAP) is a typical secondary product obtained in pharmaceuticals preparation
that needs to be accurately measured to avoid dangerous collateral effects in drugs …

Thermal-electric model for piezoelectric ZnO nanowires

R Araneo, F Bini, A Rinaldi, A Notargiacomo… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of ZnO nanowires under uniaxial loading is characterized by means of a
numerical model that accounts for all coupled mechanical, electrical, and thermal effects …

Design concepts, fabrication and advanced characterization methods of innovative piezoelectric sensors based on ZnO nanowires

R Araneo, A Rinaldi, A Notargiacomo, F Bini, M Pea… - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Micro-and nano-scale materials and systems based on zinc oxide are expected to explode
in their applications in the electronics and photonics, including nano-arrays of addressable …

Biocompatibility and connectivity of semiconductor nanostructures for cardiac tissue engineering applications

R Gaetani, Y Derevyanchuk, A Notargiacomo, M Pea… - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nano-or microdevices, enabling simultaneous, long-term, multisite, cellular recording and
stimulation from many excitable cells, are expected to make a strategic turn in basic and …

A Simple Ball Milling and Thermal Oxidation Method for Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires Decorated with Cubic ZnO2 Nanoparticles

A Rinaldi, M Pea, A Notargiacomo, E Ferrone… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this work, we propose the synthesis of ZnO nanostructures through the thermal oxidation
of ball-milled powders with the introduction of Mg and Sn doping species at the preliminary …

Advanced mechanical and electrical characterization of piezoelectric ZnO nanowires for electro-mechanical modeling of enhanced performance sensors

R Araneo, A Rinaldi, A Notargiacomo, M Pea… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2016 - Elsevier
Nano-scale devices based on zinc oxide (ZnO) are expected to be widely used as building-
blocks of future innovative sensors due to outstanding properties of this semiconductive …

Au nanoparticles decorated ZnO nanoarrays with enhanced electron field emission and optical absorption properties

F Li, L Zhang, S Wu, Z Li, Y Wang, X Liu - Materials Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Au nanoparticles decorated ZnO nanoarrays have been successfully synthesized by a facile,
low-temperature hydrothermal route. Scanning electron microscopy images of the products …