High flowrate microreactors integrating in situ grown ZnO nanowires for photocatalytic degradation

A high-volume, low-pressure microfluidic photocatalytic microreactor was created and demonstrated here. This high-flowrate microreactor, based on an innovative design developed by the start-up Eden Tech, was produced by a simple...

In situ analysis of the nucleation of O- and Zn-polar ZnO nanowires using synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction

The selection of the polarity of ZnO nanowires grown by chemical bath deposition offers a great advantage for their integration into a wide variety of engineering devices. However, the nucleation...

Methyl(—CH3)-terminated ZnO Nanowires for Selective Acetone Detection: Novel Approach Toward the Sensing Performance Enhancement Via Self-Assembly Molecules

The inspiration behind this work is to show the importance to tailor metal oxides (MOX’s) nanowires with suitable self-assembled monolayers (SAM’s) for the development of highly efficient, selective, and low...

Assessing the electrical activity of individual ZnO nanowires thermally annealed in air

ZnO nanowires (NWs) are very attractive for a widespread of nanotechnological applications owing to their tunable electron concentration via structural and surface defects engineering. A 2D electrical profiling of these...

ZnO nanowires growth direction and parameters affecting their surface morphology

ZnO nanowires (or nanorods) have been widely studied due to their unique material properties and remarkable performance in electronics, optics, and photonics. This chapter presents a review of the current research of ZnO nanowires (or nanorods) synthesized by hydrothermal method. We discussed the mechanism of its nucleation and growth taking the effect of different parameters on its growth direction and their final morphology into account. A mixture of zinc nitrate and hexamine as precursor is the most popular. We reported the effect of precursor type and concentration, pH of the growth solution, bath temperature, substrate type and seeded layer, and duration time.