Functional Inorganic Nanohybrids for Biomedical Diagnosis

Manipulating Electron Transfer in Hybrid ZnO–Au Nanostructures: Size of Gold Matters

“…In recent years, creation of hybrid nanostructures has paved an effective approach not only for harvesting multifunctionalities contributed from the individual components but also producing enhanced or new physicochemical properties due to synergistic effects between different components. , These hybrids assemblies at the nanoscale dimension exhibit new optical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, chemical, and thermodynamic properties that can be tuned by controlling their composition, size, shape, and organization at the nanoscale. , The tunable properties along with the chemical and biological accessibility open up new opportunities to widespread their interest in a diverse range of niche applications . The design and fabrication of hybrid semiconductor–noble metal nanostructures with controlled morphologies imbue significant interest in fabricating state-of-the-art optoelectronic and nanophotonic devices, such as plasmonic nanolasers, plasmon-enhanced light-emitting diodes and solar cells, plasmonic emitters of single photons, and quantum devices operating in infrared and terahertz domains …”

“…3,4 The tunable properties along with the chemical and biological accessibility open up new opportunities to widespread their interest in a diverse range of niche applications. 5 The design and fabrication of hybrid semiconductor−noble metal nanostructures with controlled morphologies imbue significant interest in fabricating state-of-the-art optoelectronic and nanophotonic devices, such as plasmonic nanolasers, plasmon-enhanced light-emitting diodes and solar cells, plasmonic emitters of single photons, and quantum devices operating in infrared and terahertz domains. 6 Among the semiconductors, zinc oxide (ZnO) at the nanometer size regime has attracted significant interest because of its direct wide band gap (3.37 eV), high exciton binding energy (60 meV), the ease of synthesis due to its structural flexibility, and the possibility to alter its properties by morphological tuneability.…”