ZnO nanowire and nanobelt platform for nanotechnology

ZL Wang - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2009 - Elsevier
Semiconducting zinc oxide nanowires (NWs) and nanobelts (NBs) are a unique group of
quasi-one-dimensional nanomaterial. This review mainly focuses on the rational synthesis …

Synthesis, characterization, and applications of ZnO nanowires

Y Zhang, MK Ram, EK Stefanakos… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ZnO nanowires (or nanorods) have been widely studied due to their unique material
properties and remarkable performance in electronics, optics, and photonics. Recently …

Zinc oxide nanorod based photonic devices: recent progress in growth, light emitting diodes and lasers

M Willander, O Nur, QX Zhao, LL Yang… - …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO), with its excellent luminescent properties and the ease of growth of its
nanostructures, holds promise for the development of photonic devices. The recent …

Quasi-one dimensional metal oxide semiconductors: Preparation, characterization and application as chemical sensors

E Comini, C Baratto, G Faglia, M Ferroni… - Progress in Materials …, 2009 - Elsevier
The continuous evolution of nanotechnology in these years led to the production of quasi-
one dimensional (Q1D) structures in a variety of morphologies such as nanowires, core …

Solution synthesis of one-dimensional ZnO nanomaterials and their applications

B Weintraub, Z Zhou, Y Li, Y Deng - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, one-dimensional (1D) ZnO nanomaterials (NMs) have been extensively studied
because both their functional properties and highly controllable morphology make them …

One dimensional-ZnO nanostructures: synthesis, properties and environmental applications

I Udom, MK Ram, EK Stefanakos, AF Hepp… - Materials science in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract One-dimensional (1D) zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures such as rods, wires, belts
and tubes have attracted much attention due to their unique physical, chemical, optical, and …

[HTML][HTML] The new field of nanopiezotronics

ZL Wang - Materials today, 2007 - Elsevier
Semiconducting and piezoelectric nanowires and nanobelts have exciting applications in
electronics, optoelectronics, sensors, and the biological sciences. We review the use of ZnO …

Nanowire and nanobelt arrays of zinc oxide from synthesis to properties and to novel devices

X Wang, J Song, ZL Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
This review focuses on the growth, properties and novel applications of aligned arrays of
ZnO nanowires (NWs) and nanobelts (NBs) for nanogenerators and nano-piezotronics …

Cancer-targeted optical imaging with fluorescent zinc oxide nanowires

H Hong, J Shi, Y Yang, Y Zhang, JW Engle… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Herein we demonstrate that intrinsically fluorescent zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) can
be adopted for molecularly targeted imaging of cancer cells, after they are functionalized to …

Metal oxide nanowires for chemiresistive gas sensors: issues, challenges and prospects

N Ramgir, N Datta, M Kaur, S Kailasaganapathi… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2013 - Elsevier
In recent years, significant interest has emerged in the synthesis of nanoscale materials
owing to their superior and enhanced functional properties. And metal oxides based …