Based on a review article published in the journal ‘Science and
Technology of Advanced Materials’ published by Institute of Physics,
the article entitled “Zinc stannate nanostructures: hydrothermal
synthesis” has formed the basis of various news items.
“While synthesizing zinc stannate, we realized that there was a dearth
of research material available on this subject, and this prompted us to
write a review article,” says Mr. Baruah. A doctoral student at AIT, he
has been using zinc oxide for solar cells, photocatalysis and gas
sensing. “However zinc oxide nanoparticles tend to dissolve slowly upon
exposure to moisture, and hence we decided to study ternary oxides like
Zinc stannate,” he reveals. We found its performance is comparable with
Zinc Oxide, but since it has a complex structure, it does not dissolve,
he adds.
AIT’s Center for Excellence in Nanotechnology has already synthesized
particle of Zinc Stannate and tested it for photocatalysis and gas
sensing, Prof. Dutta says. They have already reported another work
using zinc stannates entitled “High-performance Liquefied Petroleum Gas
sensing based on Nanostrcutures of Zinc Oxide and Zinc Stannate", in
Sensors and Actuators B, an Elsevier journal, which is in press.
The article by Mr. Baruah and Prof. Dutta was published in the March
issue of the journal and now forms the basis of numerous news items.
The original article can be read at this link, while
the news items can be read at these links:
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