title: Selective growth of ZnO nanorods on microgap electrodes and their applications in UV sensors.
abstract: Selective area growth of ZnO nanorods is accomplished on microgap electrodes (spacing of 6 μm) by using a facile wet chemical etching process. The growth of ZnO nanorods on a selected area of microgap electrode is carried out by hydrothermal synthesis forming nanorod bridge between two electrodes. This is an attractive, genuine, direct, and highly reproducible technique to grow nanowire/nanorod onto the electrodes on selected area. The ZnO nanorods were grown at 90°C on the pre-patterned electrode system without destroying the electrode surface structure interface and geometry. The ZnO nanorods were tested for their application in ultraviolet (UV) sensors. The photocurrent-to-dark (Iph/Id) ratio was 3.11. At an applied voltage of 5 V, the response and recovery time was 72 and 110 s, respectively, and the response reached 2 A/W. The deposited ZnO nanorods exhibited a UV photoresponse that is promising for future cost-effective and low-power electronic UV-sensing applications.
authors.affiliation: Nano Biochip Research Group, Institute of Nano Electronic Engineering (INEE), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kangar, Perlis 01000, Malaysia. qhumayun2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Qazi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Humayun
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashif
authors.forename: Uda
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.forename: Ahsanulhaq
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qurashi