Browsing by Keywords "Nanorods"
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2D anisotropic photonic crystals of hollow semiconductor nanorod with liquid crystals
(2013)Photonic crystals (PCs) have many applications in order to control light-wave propagation. A novel type of two-dimensional anisotropic PC is investigated band gap and optical properties as a hollow semiconductor nanorod ... -
Anisotropic stimulated emission from aligned CdSe/CdS dot-in-rods
(IEEE, 2014-10)Anisotropic optical properties of CdSe/CdS dot-in-rods loaded in a capillary tube are demonstrated, suggesting nanorods' alignment with a microfluidic approach. Polarized emissions from photoluminescence and whispering ... -
Au/TiO2 nanorod-based Schottky-type UV photodetectors
(Wiley, 2012-10-12)TiO2 nanorods (NRs) were synthesized on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) pre-coated glass substrates using hydrothermal growth technique. Scanning electron microscopy studies have revealed the formation of vertically-aligned ... -
A baseball-bat-like CdTe/TiO2 nanorods-based heterojunction core–shell solar cell
(Elsevier, 2013)Rutile TiO2 nanorods on fluorine-doped thin oxide glass substrates via the hydrothermal technique were synthesized and decorated with a sputtered CdTe layer to fabricate a core-shell type n-TiO2/p-CdTe solar cell. Absorbance ... -
Core/shell-structured, covalently bonded TiO2/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) dispersions and their electrorheological response: The effect of anisotropy
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)As a new electrorheological (ER) material, core/shell nanorods composed of a titania core and conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) shell were prepared via covalent bonding to achieve a thin polymer ... -
Electric field effects on optical properties of semiconductor nanorods
(2009-05)We studied electric field effects on optical properties of CdSe/ZnS nanorods integrated in thin films sandwiched between transparent electrodes. It was demonstrated that P-polarized component of the photoluminescence of ... -
Enhanced photoresponse of conformal TiO2/Ag nanorod array-based Schottky photodiodes fabricated via successive glancing angle and atomic layer deposition
(AVS Science and Technology Society, 2015)In this study, the authors demonstrate a proof of concept nanostructured photodiode fabrication method via successive glancing angle deposition (GLAD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). The fabricated metal-semiconductor ... -
Fabrication of mesoporous CuO/ZrO2-MCM-41 nanocomposites for photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI)
(Elsevier, 2017)Mesoporous nanocomposites of CuO/ZrO2–MCM-41 (CuO@ZM-41) was designed by incorporating mesoporous ZrO2 (Z) into the high surface area MCM-41 (M-41) framework followed by loading CuO by wetness impregnation method keeping ... -
Facile synthesis of luminescent AgInS2–ZnS solid solution nanorods
(Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2013-04-16)Highly luminescent semiconducting AgInS2–ZnS solid solution nanorods are successfully prepared by a facile one-pot solvothermal method. The resulting solid solution nanorods with length of 32 ± 5 nm are formed by fast ... -
Influence of gold-silica nanoparticles on the performance of small-molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells
(Elsevier BV * North-Holland, 2015)Light trapping by gold (Au)-silica nanospheres and nanorods embedded in the active layer of small-molecule (SM) organic solar cell has been systematically compared. Nanorod significantly outperforms nanosphere because of ... -
Manipulating optical properties of ZnO/Ga: ZnO core-shell nanorods via spatially tailoring electronic bandgap
(Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2015)Enhancing optical and electrical properties of ZnO nanostructures via surface doping is demonstrated by Ga:ZnO–ZnO core–shell nanorods, which are grown by a genetic two-step method. Low-temperature photoluminescence and ... -
Multifunctional ZnO nanorod-reduced graphene oxide hybrids nanocomposites for effective water remediation: effective sunlight driven degradation of organic dyes and rapid heavy metal adsorption
(Elsevier, 2017-10)We demonstrate the multi-functionality engineering on nanocomposite by combining one dimensional (1D) ZnO nanorod (NR) and two dimensional (2D) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for efficient water remediation. Nano-engineered ... -
Nonradiative energy transfer in colloidal CdSe nanoplatelet films
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)Nonradiative energy transfer (NRET) has been extensively studied in colloidal nanocrystal (quantum dots) and nanorod (quantum wires) assemblies. In this work, we present the first account of spectroscopic evidence of NRET ... -
Observation of polarized gain from aligned colloidal nanorods
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)In recent years, colloidal semiconductor nanorods have attracted great interest for polarized spontaneous emission. However, their polarized gain has not been possible to achieve so far. In this work we show the highly ... -
A porosity difference based selective dissolution strategy to prepare shape-tailored hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)This article reports a general method to prepare hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles with tailored morphology. The method is based on selective dissolution of porous cores of solid silica shell/porous silica core ... -
Remote-controlled release of singlet oxygen by the plasmonic heating of endoperoxide-modified gold nanorods: towards a paradigm change in photodynamic therapy
(Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2016)The photodynamic therapy of cancer is contingent upon the sustained generation of singlet oxygen in the tumor region. However, tumors of the most metastatic cancer types develop a region of severe hypoxia, which puts them ... -
Room-temperature larger-scale highly ordered nanorod imprints of ZnO film
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2013)Room-temperature large-scale highly ordered nanorod-patterned ZnO films directly integrated on III-nitride light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are proposed and demonstrated via low-cost modified nanoimprinting, avoiding a ... -
Seed layer assisted hydrothermal deposition of low-resistivity ZnO thin films
(Materials Research Society, 2017)In this work, we describe the combination of hydrothermal and atomic layer deposition (ALD) for growing low-resistivity ZnO polycrystalline continuous films. The effect of the thickness of ALD seed layers on the morphology ... -
Type-tunable amplified spontaneous emission from core-seeded CdSe/CdS nanorods controlled by exciton-exciton interaction
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014)Type-tunable optical gain performance of core-seeded CdSe/CdS nanorods is studied via two-photon optical pumping. Controlling the exciton-exciton interaction by varying the core and shell size, blue-shifted and red-shifted ... -
Type-tuning of quasi-type-II CdSe/CdS seeded core/shell nanorods: Type-I vs. type-II
(IEEE, 2013)We present tuning of quasi-type-II CdSe/CdS core/shell nanorods between type-I-like and type-II-like behavior in their amplified spontaneous emission pumped by 2-photon excitation, with the type attributions verified by ...
