At present, sustainable water supply and energy generation are the most important challenges faced by humankind globally. Thus, it is crucial to progress ecological techniques for removal of organic pollutants from wastewater hydrogen as an alternative fossil fuels. In this study, zinc tungsten oxide (ZnWO4) nanorods, bismuth (Bi2WO6) nanoflakes, Bi2WO6/ZnWO4 (BO–ZO) nanocomposites were prepare...

Prompted by intriguing events observed in certain particle-physics searches for rare events, we study light and acoustic emission simultaneously in some inorganic scintillators subject to mechanical stress. We observe mechanoluminescence in Bi4Ge3O12, CdWO4, and ZnWO4, in various mechanical configurations at room temperature and ambient pressure. We analyze the temporal and amplitude correlatio...

Several experiments were performed during last years at underground (3600 m w.e.) Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the INFN (Italy) to search for resonant 2ε0ν captures in Ru, Cd, Ce, Dy, Dy, W, Os, Pt with the help of HP Ge semiconductor detectors, and ZnWO4 and 106CdWO4 crystal scintillators. No evidence for r-2ε0ν decays was found, and only T1/2 limits were established in the ra...

Silicon/zinc oxide (Si/ZnO) core-shell nanowires (NWs) were prepared on a p-type Si(111) substrate using a two-step growth process. First, indium seed-coated Si NWs (In/Si NWs) were synthesized using a plasma-assisted hot-wire chemical vapor deposition technique. This was then followed by the growth of a ZnO nanostructure shell layer using a vapor transport and condensation method. By varying t...