AUTHOR=Chatterjee Anindita , Kumar G. Kiran , Roymahapatra Gourisankar , Das Himadri Sekhar , Jaishree G. , Rao T. Siva 

TITLE=Zinc chalcogenide nanostructures: synthesis methodologies and applications—a review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Nanotechnology

VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nanotechnology/articles/10.3389/fnano.2024.1433591

DOI=10.3389/fnano.2024.1433591

ISSN=2673-3013

ABSTRACT=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