Review on Wet Chemical Growth and Anti-bacterial Activity of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures

Abstract

Metal oxide semiconductor nanostructures are of keen interest to the researchers as they exhibit multifunctional properties compared to their bulk counterpart. Amongst several metal-oxide nanostructures zinc oxide is very popular because of its unique optoelctronic properties which are of wide importance in the field of nano-optoelectronic devices. Moreover, it also exhibit antibacterial activity which is very important in the field of medical science. This article briefly summarizes the wet chemical growth and anti-bacterial activity of several ZnO nanostructures with a view to provide the reader an overall feature of ZnO nanostructures.