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 …

ZnO nanostructures for optoelectronics: Material properties and device applications

AB Djurišić, AMC Ng, XY Chen - Progress in quantum electronics, 2010 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in ZnO nanostructures due to their variety
of morphologies and availability of simple and low cost processing. While there are still …

[HTML][HTML] ZnO–nanostructures, defects, and devices

L Schmidt-Mende, JL MacManus-Driscoll - Materials today, 2007 - Elsevier
ZnO has received much attention over the past few years because it has a wide range of
properties that depend on doping, including a range of conductivity from metallic to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

High-output nanogenerator by rational unipolar assembly of conical nanowires and its application for driving a small liquid crystal display

Y Hu, Y Zhang, C Xu, G Zhu, ZL Wang - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
We present a simple, cost-effective, robust, and scalable approach for fabricating a
nanogenerator that gives an output power strong enough to continuously drive a commercial …

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 …

Novel nanostructures of ZnO for nanoscale photonics, optoelectronics, piezoelectricity, and sensing

ZL Wang - Applied Physics A, 2007 - Springer
Wurtzite-structured semiconductors such as ZnO, GaN, AlN, CdSe and ZnS are important
materials for nanoscale devices. Zinc oxide, for example, is a unique material that exhibits …