Design of confined catalysts and applications in environmental catalysis: Original perspectives and further prospects

T Zhao, X Huang, R Cui, W Han, G Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Catalysts play a vital role in the chemistry realm and contribute a lot to the rapid
development of the industrial economy. However, traditionally supported catalysts still face …

Structure, morphology and optical properties of nanocrystalline yttrium oxide (Y2O3) thin films

VH Mudavakkat, VV Atuchin, VN Kruchinin, A Kayani… - Optical Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Yttrium oxide (Y2O3) thin films were grown onto Si (100) substrates using reactive
magnetron sputter-deposition at temperatures ranging from room temperature (RT) to 500° …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles—solution-based synthesis and characterizations

KP Bhandari, DR Sapkota, MK Jamarkattel, Q Stillion… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles have shown great potential because of their versatile and
promising applications in different fields, including solar cells. Various methods of …

Effects of thermal annealing on the structural and electrical properties of ZnO thin films for boosting their piezoelectric response

QC Bui, B Salem, H Roussel, X Mescot, Y Guerfi… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growth process and post-deposition treatment have strong effects on the structure of
ZnO thin films, which can also affect significantly their electrical and piezoelectric properties …

Enhanced optical constants of nanocrystalline yttrium oxide thin films

CV Ramana, VH Mudavakkat, KK Bharathi… - Applied physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Yttrium oxide (Y 2 O 3) films with an average crystallite-size (L) ranging from 5 to 40 nm were
grown by sputter-deposition onto Si (100) substrates. The optical properties of grown Y 2 O 3 …

Construction of novel quaternary nanocomposite and its synergistic effect towards superior photocatalytic and antibacterial application

G Murugadoss, K Thiruppathi, N Venkatesh… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Herein, quaternary based zinc-lead-cadmium-copper oxide (ZnO-PbO-CdO-CuO)
nanocomposite has been synthesized by a feasible 'one-pot'chemical method. Structural …

Morphology transition of ZnO from thin film to nanowires on silicon and its correlated enhanced zinc polarity uniformity and piezoelectric responses

QC Bui, G Ardila, E Sarigiannidou… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
ZnO thin films and nanostructures have received increasing interest in the field of
piezoelectricity over the last decade, but their formation mechanisms on silicon when using …

Surface plasmon quenched of near band edge emission and enhanced visible photocatalytic activity of Au@ ZnO core-shell nanostructure

M Misra, P Kapur, ML Singla - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2014 - Elsevier
In this research work, we have demonstrated the synthesis of Au@ ZnO core–shell
nanostructure by a simple two-step chemical method. The ZnO coating enhance the charge …

Probing charge carrier density in a layer of photodoped ZnO nanoparticles by spectroscopic ellipsometry

G Lakhwani, RFH Roijmans… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Changes in the optical constants of a layer of ZnO nanoparticles (5 nm diameter) induced by
UV illumination in O2-free atmosphere are determined by using spectroscopic ellipsometry …

Synthesis of ZnO hexagonal single-crystal slices with predominant (0001) and (0001) facets by poly (ethylene glycol)-assisted chemical bath deposition

X Liu, M Afzaal, K Ramasamy, P O'Brien… - Journal of the …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of ZnO Hexagonal Single-Crystal Slices with Predominant (0001) and (0001̅) Facets
by Poly(ethylene glycol)-Assisted Chemical Bath Deposition | Journal of the American Chemical …