Photo-induced self-cleaning and sterilizing activity of Sm3+ doped ZnO nanomaterials

A holistic analysis of surface, chemical bonding states and mechanical properties of sol-gel synthesized CoZn-oxide coatings complemented by finite element modeling

“…By adopting a suitable synthesis method, one can regulate the structural, chemical and surface morphology, and particle size of a material to be used in the desired technical applications. Nowadays, numerous methods are available to synthesize mixed metal oxide based thin film coatings or nanoparticle structures namely, hydrothermal process, chemical co-precipitation route, laser deposition method, polyol process, thermal decomposition method, electrochemical method, microwave assisted technique, standard ball milling scheme, sol-gel dip coating or spin coating procedure, and thermal evaporation approach [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. The majority of these synthesis methodologies, generally, require complicated working procedures, higher reaction temperatures, high cost machineries, higher energy consumption, longer reaction times, and harmful and toxic organic reagents.…”

Bionic micro-nano-bump-structures with a good self-cleaning property: The growth of ZnO nanoarrays modified by polystyrene spheres

“…All the diffraction peaks that appearing upon unmodified ZnO nanorods grown agree well with the standard ZnO diffraction pattern (JCPDS file No. 36e1451), a significantly enhanced (002) peak at a 2-theta of 34.42 indicates that the as-obtained ZnO nanoarrays after removing PS are well crystallized throughout their length and grow preferentially along the (002) direction. Fig.…”

Realizing High Photocatalytic Performance of NaBiS2 Nanopowders via the Introduction of Rare‐Earth Elements

“…However, there are no obvious absorption peaks appeared for NBS‐10%Nd sample in the range of 1000–1600 nm in UV‐vis absorption spectra, which may be due to the fact that Nd 3+ are more present in amorphous Nd(OH) 3 . After RE ions doping, the reduced intensity of photoluminescence (PL) spectrum has been widely demonstrated that RE ions could act as electron traps to capture the electrons to promote the separation of photoinduced charge carriers . Moreover, for comparison, amorphous materials possess unsaturated or defect atoms, which are in a high irregular arrangement.…”