ZnO nanostructured materials and their potential applications: progress, challenges and perspectives

S Raha, M Ahmaruzzaman - Nanoscale Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Extensive research in nanotechnology has been conducted to investigate new behaviours
and properties of materials with nanoscale dimensions. ZnO NPs owing to their distinct …

Exploring the journey of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) toward biomedical applications

F Islam, S Shohag, MJ Uddin, MR Islam, MH Nafady… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The field of nanotechnology is concerned with the creation and application of materials
having a nanoscale spatial dimensioning. Having a considerable surface area to volume …

Recent advances in zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) for cancer diagnosis, target drug delivery, and treatment

S Anjum, M Hashim, SA Malik, M Khan, JM Lorenzo… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite breakthroughs in medicine, cancer remains one of the most feared
diseases. Traditionally, chemotherapies have been the treatment of choice. However …

Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles: A review of the synthesis methodology and mechanism of formation

M Bandeira, M Giovanela, M Roesch-Ely… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide is of significant importance for many industries due to its versatile properties,
which have been enhanced with the production of this material in the nanoscale …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, antiseptic activity and toxicity mechanism

A Król, P Pomastowski, K Rafińska… - Advances in colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO), as a material with attractive properties, has attracted great interest
worldwide, particularly owing to the implementation of the synthesis of nano-sized particles …

Toward functionalization of ZnO nanotubes and monolayers with 5-aminolevulinic acid drugs as possible nanocarriers for drug delivery: a DFT based molecular …

M Mohammadzaheri, S Jamehbozorgi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We have investigated the interactions between a 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) drug and ZnO
nanostructures including ZnO monolayers and ZnO nanotubes (ZnONTs) using density …

Doped zinc oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and potential use in nanomedicine

M Carofiglio, S Barui, V Cauda, M Laurenti - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Smart nanoparticles for medical applications have gathered considerable attention due to
an improved biocompatibility and multifunctional properties useful in several applications …

Zinc oxide—from synthesis to application: a review

A Kołodziejczak-Radzimska, T Jesionowski - Materials, 2014 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide can be called a multifunctional material thanks to its unique physical and
chemical properties. The first part of this paper presents the most important methods of …

Advances in ZnO: Manipulation of defects for enhancing their technological potentials

I Ayoub, V Kumar, R Abolhassani, R Sehgal… - Nanotechnology …, 2022 - degruyter.com
This review attempts to compile the physics and chemistry of defects in zinc oxide (ZnO), at
both, the fundamental and application levels. The defects, either inherent ones or introduced …

Dissection of the antibacterial mechanism of zinc oxide nanoparticles with manipulable nanoscale morphologies

X Zhu, J Wang, L Cai, Y Wu, M Ji, H Jiang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the extensive uses of ZnO nanoparticles as promising antimicrobial agents to tackle
the severe microbial infections, the systematic antibacterial studies on ZnO nanoparticles …