Hydrothermally Grown ZnO Nanorods as Promising Materials for Low Cost Electronic Skin

Alessandro Fraleoni-Morgera; Ilaria Cesini; Pramod Kumar; Calogero Maria Oddo

doi:10.1002/cnma.201900620

Hydrothermally Grown ZnO Nanorods as Promising Materials for Low Cost Electronic Skin

Alessandro Fraleoni-Morgera
, Ilaria Cesini
, Pramod Kumar
, Calogero Maria Oddo

University of Trieste
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

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Abstract

ZnO nanorods (NRs) are nanomaterials with a wide range of applications (photocatalysis, optoelectronics, catalysis, etc). One peculiar property of ZnO NRs is their piezoelectricity, which opens up a wealth of possibilities in the field of pressure sensors. In fact, thanks also to the recent availability of low cost hydrothermal growth, it is already possible to fabricate flexible, large area, self-powered, distributed pressure sensors, with a high potential for use in robotics and prosthetics as “electronic skins”. This review focuses hence on ZnO NRs grown by the hydrothermal method, with an eye on the relationship between the reaction parameters and the resulting NRs morphology, and on their specific application in pressure sensing in terms of device design and performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-31
Number of pages	17
Journal	ChemNanoMat
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201900620
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Ilaria Cesini was born in Rome, Italy, in 1991. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc (both cum laude, respectively in 2013 and 2016) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Since October 2016, she is pursuing a PhD in Biorobotics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. Her current research focuses on the design of haptic interfaces for applications in wearable robotics. She is currently involved in the national project MOTU funded by INAIL and in the European project Cyberlegs Plus Plus . CMO, IC and PK gratefully acknowledge INAIL - Italian National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (MOTU project, contract n? E56J16000380005), the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (PARLOMA Project SIN_00132), and Scuola Superiore Sant?Anna for funding.

Funders	Funder number
Italian National Institute for Insurance	E56J16000380005
MOTU
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca	SIN_00132
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni sul Lavoro

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

ZnO nanorods
electronic skin
hydrothermal growth
piezoelectric/piezotronic/piezo-phototronic effect
tactile sensing

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