Zinc Oxide
Applications:
1. Rubber Industry: ZnO along with stearic acid is used in the vulcanization of rubber to produce such things as tires, shoe soles, and even hockey pucks.
2. Concrete makers: to improve water resistance.
3. Medical applications: Such as in baby powder and creams to treat conditions such as diaper rash, other skin irritations and even dandruff.
4. Other uses:
Cigarette Filters
Breakfast Cereals
Paint pigments
Paint coatings
Piezoelectricity (delivering alternating current by stretching and releasing zinc oxide nanowires)
Lazer diodes
Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
Spintronics