Zinc Oxide—From Synthesis to Application: A Review

By Agnieszka Kołodziejczak-Radzimska, T. Jesionowski. Materials, 2014

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Zinc oxide can be called a multifunctional material thanks to its unique physical and chemical properties. The first part of this paper presents the most important methods of preparation of ZnO divided into metallurgical and chemical methods. The mechanochemical process, controlled precipitation, sol-gel method, solvothermal and hydrothermal method, method using emulsion and microemulsion enviroment and other methods of obtaining zinc oxide were classified as chemical methods. In the next part of this review, the modification methods of ZnO were characterized. The modification with organic (carboxylic acid, silanes) and inroganic (metal oxides) compounds, and polymer matrices were mainly described. Finally, we present possible applications in various branches of industry: rubber, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, textile, electronic and electrotechnology, photocatalysis were introduced. This review provides useful information for specialist dealings with zinc oxide.

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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Green Synthesized ZnO Nanoparticles Mediated by Mentha Spicata Extract Induce Plant Systemic Resistance against Tobacco Mosaic Virus (2020, background): “Among metal oxide nanoparticles, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) is a bio-safe material having a wide range of applications in medical, industrial, agricultural, and environmental fields [38,39].”
The Advancing of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications (2018, background): “Apart from the applications mentioned above, zinc oxide can also be used in other branches of industry, including concrete production, photocatalysis, electronics, electrotechnology industries, and so on [4, 8].”
Zinc Oxide for Functional Textile Coatings: Recent Advances (2019, background): “microwave irradiation, sol-gel, microemulsion, coagulation, controlled precipitation methods, and others, have already been introduced [2,4,28,39,43].”