Tetrapods Based Smart Materials for Advanced Technologies

Considering the size dependent utilization complexities of nanoscopic dimensions tin real technologies, the focus of nanomaterials community is converging to three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials which are built out of interconnected nanostructures building blocks. This talk will briefly introduce the importance of tetrapod nanostructures towards smart 3D nanostructuring via a simple and single step flame-based approach for synthesis of zinc oxide tetrapods. These tetrapods have already demonstrated their potential roles in many different technologies. These zinc oxide tetrapods can be used as solid backbone or sacrificial templates to design hybrid or new tetrapods as smart materials. These smart 3D nanomaterials offer many applications in engineering and advanced technologies. Application examples of 3D tetrapods in nanosensing, composite engineering, antiviral candidates, water purification, piezotronics, and in several other applications will be demonstrated [1-10]. The integration of tetrapods in electrospun fibers offer many advantages in biomedical engineering and few examples about nano-engineered electrospun fibers will be presented as recent developments.<br/><br/><b><i>Keywords:</i></b><i> Smart Materials, Tetrapods, Hybrid Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies</i><br/><br/><b><i>References:</i></b><br/><i>Chemical Engineering Journal 462, 141984, <b>2023</b></i><br/><i>Progress in Materials Science 139, 101169, 2023</i><br/><i>Progress in Polymer Science 101516, <b>2022</b></i><br/><i>Materials Today 50, 533-569, <b>2021</b></i><br/><i>Materials Today 48, 7-17, <b>2021</b>.</i><br/><i>Advanced Science 2100864, <b>2021</b></i><br/><i>Advanced Functional Materials 31, 20007555, <b>2021</b></i><br/><i>Materials Today 32, 108 -130, <b>2020</b></i><br/><i>Advanced Functional Materials 1909725, <b>2020 </b></i><br/><i>Materials Today 6, 631-651, <b>2018</b> </i>