Zinc oxide nanorod sensor
A zinc oxide nanorod sensor or ZnO nanorod sensor is an electronic or optical device detecting presence of certain gas or liquid molecules (e.g. humidity,[2] NO, hydrogen,[3][4] etc.) in the ambient atmosphere. The sensor exploits enhanced surface area (and thus surface activity) intrinsic to all nano-sized materials, including ZnO nanorods. Adsorption of molecules on the nanorods can be detected through variation of the nanorods' properties, such as photoluminescence, electrical conductivity, vibration frequency, mass, etc. The simplest and thus most popular way is to pass electrical current through the nanorods and observe its changes upon gas exposure.
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References
- ^ Zheng, Z. Q.; Yao, J. D.; Wang, B.; Yang, G. W. (2015). "Light-controlling, flexible and transparent ethanol gas sensor based on ZnO nanoparticles for wearable devices". Scientific Reports. 5: 11070. doi:10.1038/srep11070. PMC 4468465. PMID 26076705.
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- ^ Lin, J. et al. (2015) GaN-based and ZnO nanorod sensors for wireless hydrogen leak detection. International symposium on processes at the compound-semiconductor/solution interface, Quebec PQ , Canada
Reviews
- J. G. Lu et al. "Quasi-one-dimensional metal oxide materials—Synthesis, properties and applications" (42 pages) Mater. Sci. Eng. R 52 (2006) 49
- S.J. Pearton et al. "ZnO-based nanowires" Nano 4 (2007) 201
- W. Park et al. "Catalyst-free growth of ZnO nanorods and their nanodevice applications" Int. J. Nanotechnology 3 (2006) 372