Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

The preparation of hollow inorganic capsules of defined shape, composition and with
tailored properties is of immense scientific and technological interest. This article mainly …

Recent advances have been made in thin-film solar cells using CdTe and CuIn1− x Ga x
Se2 (CIGS) nanoparticles, which have achieved impressive efficiencies. Despite these …

Chalcogenide nanostructures and nanocomposites have been the focus of semiconductor
nanomaterial research due to their remarkable optoelectronic and photocatalytic properties …

Zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanostructures have attracted increasing attention due to their potential
application in both conditional optical devices and new generation of nano-electronics and …

A high performance fiber-optic sensor for Cu2+ ions is proposed based on monodispersed
hydrophobic CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles encapsulated within a silica shell and immobilized on …

We have examined the aqueous synthesis of non-heavy-metal ZnS quantum dots (QDs)
using 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) as the capping molecule at various pH and MPA: Zn …

A novel bacteria-templated sonochemical route is developed for the in situ one-step
synthesis of ZnS hollow nanostructures at room temperature involving artificial …

Co3O4 hollow spheres were hydrothermally prepared at 130° C for 16 h in the presence of
Poly-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP). The as-prepared products were characterized by powder X-ray …

Cauliflower-like cadmium sulfide (CdS) microspheres composed of nanocrystals have been
successfully synthesized by a hydrothermal method using poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) as the …