Gallium Oxide Nanoparticles

Gallium Oxide Nanoparticles

Ga2O3 is an important wide bandgap transparent conductive oxide with many excellent properties, which is widely used in many fields such as catalysis, electroluminescence, biology, and so on. This review mainly introduces the researches on the preparation, properties and applications of Ga2O3 nanomaterials. Initially, the preparation of Ga2O3 by hydrothermal method has been highlighted and the effects of hydrothermal conditions on the morphologies and sizes of the final products were summarized. Furthermore, the unique properties of Ga2O3 in the fields of electricity, gas, heat, and biomedicine are introduced, and the excellent luminescent properties of gallium oxide are emphasized. Additionally, this review mainly introduces the applications of Ga2O3 in the fields of catalysis, gas sensors, optoelectronic devices, high voltage electronic devices and biomedicine. Finally, the problems and shortcomings in current research on Ga2O3 nanomaterials are discussed and the opinions and prospects are put forward for the future perspective of the research in Ga2O3 nanomaterials.

gallium oxide nanomaterials have unique properties in optics, photoelectric conversion and electrical fields, which are widely used in many fields, such as UV detection, photocatalysis, flat panel display, UV filter, gas sensor, and optoelectronic devices. Especially, they are thought to be some promising candidates in the field of biomedicine, for example, they can be applied as multifunctional drug carriers because they can carry drugs and penetrate the cell membranes, and the distribution of drugs inside cells can be observed due to their excellent luminescences.