Lupan O. – TechConnect Briefs

Doping Effects in Optical Properties of Low Temperature Grown ZnO Nanorod Arrays

Lupan O., Tiginyanu I., Ursaki V., Chow L., University of Central Florida, US

The main motivation of this work is the absence of systematic studies of impurity doping using aqueous solution method. The synthesis of ZnO nanorods at low-cost requires facile and low-temperature approaches. Here, we report on [...]

Selective Multiterminal Sensor on Individual ZnO Nanotetrapod

Lupan O., Chow L., Chai G., Trofim V., University of Central Florida, US

Low-cost, nonpoisonous and highly sensitive and selective sensors are needed for detection of various gases in the environment. ZnO tetrapod have potential application as chemical sensors. Our current experiments have shown that ZnO tetrapod sensor [...]

Fabrication and Characterizations of Ultra Violet Photosensor Based on Single ZnO Nanorod

Lupan O., Chai G., Chow L., University of Central Florida, US

Wide-gap semiconducting metal oxides with nanostructures such as nanorods, nanowires are promising as building nanoblocks in novel devices. Zinc oxide is most widely applied material owing to its characteristics and low cost, radiation hardness, chemical [...]

Electric Field Assisted Assembly of Perpendicular Oriented ZnO Nanorods on Si Substrate

Lupan O., Chow L., Chai G., Park S., Schulte A., University of Central Florida, US

Self-assembly of nanoarchitectures has attracted high interest driven by the demands of technology and engineering. Chemical and electric field assisted assembly offer a great opportunity in creation of heterostructures in multicomponent systems and in manufacturing [...]

Synthesis and Characterizations of ZnO Nanorods Arrays for Solar Cell and Chemical Sensor Applications

Lupan O., Chow L., University of Central Florida, US

Synthesis of nanorod based solar cells and sensors are quickly directed towards developing alternative, lightweight, flexible nanodevices for wide area of commercial applications. Many research papers has been published, in recent years, in the area [...]