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REVIEW article

Front. Nanotechnol.
Sec. Nanomaterials
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnano.2024.1433591

Zinc-Chalcogenides Nanostructures: Synthesis Methodologies and Applications-A Review

Provisionally accepted
Anindita Chatterjee Anindita Chatterjee 1*Kiran Kumar Guthikonda Kiran Kumar Guthikonda 1Gourisankar Roymahapatra Gourisankar Roymahapatra 2Himadri S. Das Himadri S. Das 2G Jaishree G Jaishree 1T S. Rao T S. Rao 3
  • 1 Raghu Engineering College, Visakhapatnam, India
  • 2 School of Applied Science, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, India
  • 3 Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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    Zinc chalcogenides nanostructures are important class of nontoxic nanomaterials due to their biocompatible nature, surface flexibility, high degree of crystallinity, high photoluminescence efficiency making them applicable in solar cells biosensors, photocatalysts, LED's and electroluminescence materials. There are various methods for the synthesis of Zinc chalcogenides including ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe through colloidal, hydrothermal, solvothermal, microwave and core shell synthesis to prepare highly luminescent material for drug delivery and biomedical applications. The main focus of this review is to explore various synthetic approaches to tune the morphology, size and surface properties of zincbased chalcogenide nanostructures revealing their prospective as biocompatible quantum Dots. Despite advantages zinc chalcogenides have certain drawbacks too, having low mechanical strength, limited bandgap tunability and less thermal stability that can open the gateway for future research. Thus, this review may be proven beneficial for developing and designing of more advanced nanomaterials based on the existing knowledge, protocols and strategies

    Keywords: Zinc chalcogenides, Nanostructures, Quantum dots, Nanoparticles, biocompatible, Nontoxic

    Received: 16 May 2024; Accepted: 22 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chatterjee, Guthikonda, Roymahapatra, Das, Jaishree and Rao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Anindita Chatterjee, Raghu Engineering College, Visakhapatnam, India

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