Zinc Oxide Nanostructures

This book deals with one of the most hot nanomaterials today, namely zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials applied to the above areas. In the book are described different methods to grow ZnO nanostructures. Their optical and piezoelectrical properties are described as well as photo-toxicity. Applications to LEDs, lasers, power generators and chemical sensors are discussed. Finally the growth on flexible substrates , particularly ZnO nanostructures and devices on paper substrates are described.

Magnus Willander is professor in the Department of Science and Technology at Linköping University, Sweden. He received his PhD in physics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 1984. He conducted pioneering research on Si/SiGe, SiC, and polymer devices between 1984 and 1994. Since 2002, Prof. Willander has concentrated on metal oxides and their applications, particularly ZnO nanostructures. He has also studied various III-V materials, carbon-based materials and devices, and fundamental physical problems both theoretically and experimentally. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (UK).

Fabrication of ZnO nanostructures. Optical properties of and optical devices from ZnO-based nanostructures. Piezoelectric Nanogenerator Based on ZnO Nanomaterials. Nanobiology and nano-medical devices using zinc oxide nanostructures. ZnO nanostructures toxicity and phototoxicity characteristics towards biological samples. Zinc oxide nanostructures: Synthesis, characterization and their device applications on non-conventional substrates.