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

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.