Biopolymer-mediated synthesis of anisotropic piezoelectric nanorods
Zoe Schnepp1, John Mitchells, Stephen Mann
1School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS81TS, UK.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|June 15, 2010
Abstract:
Alginate biopolymer was used to control the crystal growth of the lead-free piezoelectric material langasite. The piezo-response of these nanorods was demonstrated to be equivalent to that of ZnO. This is the first time that templated growth of langasite and its associate phases has been demonstrated.
