Herein, we have reported a highly selective electrochemical sensing of 2,4-dichlorophenol in water at room conditions. 1D hybrid nanostructure ZnO/?-MnO2 nanowire by combining ZnO nanoparticles and ?-MnO2 was developed using facile ultrasound induced coprecipitation method. The nanostructured material has been characterized detail X-ray diffractometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, s...

Upon evaporation, ZnO nanorods in a nanofluid droplet undergo rapid and spontaneous chemical and morphological transformation into centimetre-long Zn(OH)2 fibres, via a mechanism very different from that for coffee rings. We show that the detailed nanostructure and micromorphology in the residual thin film depend intricately on the ambient moisture, nanofluid solvent composition and substrate s...

Semi-automated processing of microscopy images can significantly enhance the capacity for objective nanostructure characterization. However, background complexity, intricate object features and overlapping of objects can make this a difficult task. Here we describe use of the Gabor filter [1, 2] to facilitate the identification and outlines of the top surfaces of nanowires of zinc oxide (ZnO), ...

This project studies the synthesis process of 2-D nanostructure of inorganic materials. This project studies the ZnO thin layer deposition on a commercial grade paper using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technique and its effectiveness of reducing water permeability. The experiment utilizes a commercial grade blue ink for the testing of the permeability. The purpose of the experiment is to succe...

ZnO nanorods with diameter 90-100 nm range (tip diameter~15 nm) and length of about 2 μm have been prepared using microwave irradiation technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results indicate that the nanorods have single phase nature with wurtzite structure and preferentially grow along [0001] direction. Raman spectrum shows the mode E2 high at 439 cm −1 ...

A newly designed terephthalic acid substituted amphiphilic L-glutamide was found to form organogels in DMSO and a broad range of metal ions, from simple Na(+), Li(+) to Cu(2+), Ni(2+), Eu(3+) and Tb(3+), could turn the self-assembled nanostructure into a uniform helical twist.

Here we present a systematic study on the morphological deviation of ZnO nanostructure (from sheets to micro-flowers) by varying pH of the solution via precipitation method. In this regard, zinc nitrate hexa-hydrate, NaOH and hydroxylamine hydrochloride (NH2OH HCl) were used. The solution of all three compounds was refluxed at a very low temperature (60 C) for short time (20min). The solution p...

It is time for industry to pay a serious heed to the application and quality-dependent research on the most important solution growth methods for ZnO, namely, aqueous chemical growth (ACG) and microwave-assisted growth (MAG) methods. This study proffers a critical analysis on how the defect density and formation behavior of ZnO nanostructures (ZNSs) are growth method-dependent. Both antithetica...

ZnO nanotetrapods have recently been exploited for the realization of high-sensitivity gas sensors, but they are affected by the typical drawbacks of metal-oxides, i.e., poor selectivity and a relatively high working temperature. On the other hand, it has been also demonstrated that the combined use of nanostructured metal oxides and organic molecules can improve the gas sensing performance sen...