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 …

Enhanced energy harvesting ability of ZnO/PAN hybrid piezoelectric nanogenerators

Y Sun, Y Liu, Y Zheng, Z Li, J Fan, L Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Miniaturization of energy conversion and storage devices has attracted remarkable
consideration in the application of wearable electronics. Compared with film-based flexible …

Low-temperature growth of ZnO nanowires from gravure-printed ZnO nanoparticle seed layers for flexible piezoelectric devices

AJL Garcia, G Sico, M Montanino, V Defoor, M Pusty… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) are excellent candidates for the fabrication of energy
harvesters, mechanical sensors, and piezotronic and piezophototronic devices. In order to …

Investigation of the diameter-dependent piezoelectric response of semiconducting ZnO nanowires by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and FEM simulations

T Jalabert, M Pusty, M Mouis, G Ardila - Nanotechnology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Semiconducting piezoelectric nanowires (NWs) are promising candidates to develop highly
efficient mechanical energy transducers made of biocompatible and non-critical materials …

Highly C-oriented (002) plane ZnO nanowires synthesis

BM Nizar, M Lajnef, J Chaste, R Chtourou, E Herth - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanowires are widely used for energy harvesting, sensors, and solar cells. We report a
study on the role of buffer layer in the growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) …

Dimensional roadmap for maximizing the piezoelectrical response of ZnO nanowire-based transducers: impact of growth method

AJL Garcia, M Mouis, V Consonni, G Ardila - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
ZnO nanowires are excellent candidates for energy harvesters, mechanical sensors,
piezotronic and piezophototronic devices. The key parameters governing the general …

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 …

High figure-of-merit in Al-doped ZnO thin films grown by ALD through the Al content adjustment

QC Bui, V Consonni, S Boubenia, G Gay, C Perret… - Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of transparent conductive materials is of great interest for a wide variety of
semiconducting devices in the fields of optoelectronics and photovoltaics. Here, we optimize …

Realizing high energy density and efficiency simultaneously via sub-grain modification in lead-free dielectric films

TY Hu, C Ma, J Fan, Y Wu, M Liu, G Hu, C Ma, CL Jia - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Lead-free dielectric capacitors are widely used in electronic devices due to their extremely
high charge-discharge rate and environmental friendly. However, the relative low energy …

Size and semiconducting effects on the piezoelectric performances of ZnO nanowires grown onto gravure-printed seed layers on flexible substrates

AJL Garcia, T Jalabert, M Pusty, V Defoor… - Nanoenergy …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanogenerators have attracted increasing interest in the scientific
community for use in energy harvesting and mechanical sensing applications …