Real-time monitoring of the solution growth of ZnO nanorods arrays by quartz microbalances and in-situ temperature sensors (Articolo in rivista)

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• Articolo in rivista (Classe)
• Prodotto della ricerca (Classe)

Label

• Real-time monitoring of the solution growth of ZnO nanorods arrays by quartz microbalances and in-situ temperature sensors (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

• 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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• 10.1038/srep06285 (literal)

Alternative label

• Orsini, Andrea; Falconi, Christian (2014)
  Real-time monitoring of the solution growth of ZnO nanorods arrays by quartz microbalances and in-situ temperature sensors
  in Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group)
  (literal)

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• Orsini, Andrea; Falconi, Christian (literal)

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• 4 (literal)

Rivista

• Scientific reports (Rivista)

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• 7 (literal)

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• ISI Web of Science (WOS) (literal)

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• University of Rome Tor Vergata; CNR IDASC (literal)

Titolo

• Real-time monitoring of the solution growth of ZnO nanorods arrays by quartz microbalances and in-situ temperature sensors (literal)

Abstract

• Wet-chemistry methods have crucial advantages for the synthesis of nanostructures, including simple, low-cost, large-area, and low-temperature deposition on almost arbitrary substrates. Nevertheless, the rational design of improved wet-chemistry procedures is extremely difficult because, in practice, only post-synthesis characterization is possible. In fact, the only methods for on-line monitoring the growth of nanostructures in liquids are complex, expensive and introduce intricate artifacts. Here we demonstrate that electro-mechanically resonating substrates and in-situ temperature sensors easily enable an accurate real-time investigation of reaction kinetics and, in combination with conventional SEM imaging, greatly facilitate the rational design of optimized synthesis procedures; in particular, such a simple approach provides useful insight for the development of processes where one or more key parameters are dynamically adjusted. As a proof-of-concept, first, we accurately characterize a process for fabricating arrays of ZnO nanorods; afterwards, we design a dynamic-temperature process that, in comparison with the corresponding constant-temperature procedure, is almost-ideally energy efficient and results in ZnO nanorods with improved characteristics in terms of length, aspect ratio, and total deposited nanorods mass. This is a major step towards the rational design of dynamic procedures for the solution growth of nanostructures. (literal)

Prodotto di

• Istituto di Acustica e Sensoristica \"Orso Mario Corbino\" (IDASC) (Istituto)
• Caratterizzazione di sensori commerciali e sviluppo di nuovi convertitori piezoelettrici per il recupero di energia. (SP.P06.008.004) (Modulo)

Autore CNR

• CHRISTIAN FALCONI (Persona)

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Autore CNR di

• CHRISTIAN FALCONI (Persona)

Prodotto

• Istituto di Acustica e Sensoristica \"Orso Mario Corbino\" (IDASC) (Istituto)
• Caratterizzazione di sensori commerciali e sviluppo di nuovi convertitori piezoelettrici per il recupero di energia. (SP.P06.008.004) (Modulo)

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• Scientific reports (Rivista)