Surface-decorated ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO nanocoating on electrospun polymeric nanofibers by atomic layer deposition for flexible photocatalytic nanofibrous membranes

Abstract

Electrospun polymeric nanofibers were either surface-decorated with zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles or coated with a continuous ZnO thin film with a precise thickness (∼27 nm) via atomic layer deposition (ALD) for the fabrication of flexible photocatalytic nanofibrous membranes. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.